jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoGeorgia inmate shoots and kills 24-year-old female food service worker inside the prison’s kitchenwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down12
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkGeorgia inmate shoots and kills 24-year-old female food service worker inside the prison’s kitchenwww.independent.co.ukjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down6·1 year agoPoorly worded headline. I initially read that and thought she shot a dead person.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe irony is that was how it used to be said. You wouldn’t say “shot and killed” you’d say “shot dead”
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoApparently the editor realized it was not a good way to phrase it and reworded it. To make the original headline clearer, it could have been “Woman shot dead by…”
Poorly worded headline. I initially read that and thought she shot a dead person.
The irony is that was how it used to be said.
You wouldn’t say “shot and killed” you’d say “shot dead”
Apparently the editor realized it was not a good way to phrase it and reworded it. To make the original headline clearer, it could have been “Woman shot dead by…”