Re: Lost causes
- From: Steve Hayes <hayesmstw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:18:46 +0200
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:44:36 GMT, Bob Cunningham <exw6sxq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:22:39 +0100, Prai Jei
><pvstownsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
>> Bob Cunningham (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message
>> <cue0j1p6ufjs878cflocbipk2r9ip7580j@xxxxxxx>:
>
>> > On last week's _Sunday Morning_ Andy Rooney deplored the use
>> > of "troop" to refer to an individual member of the armed
>> > services, but I've seen that usage most days in the _L A
>> > Times_.
>
>> Common this side of the pond too, presumably an abbreviation of "trooper".
>
>I wonder if any speakers of American English use "trooper"
>to mean "soldier". I see in dictionaries that that's an old
>meaning, but the most recent definition in
>_Merriam-Webster's Collegiate_ is that it's an alternative
>spelling of "trouper". I thought of "trouper" immediately
>when you wrote "trooper", and I suspect most speakers of
>American English would do the same.
A soldier can be of any rank, Shirley?
I thought a trooper was the lowest rank in the cavalry, like a private in the
infantry or a gunner in the artillery.
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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