Posted by partlycloudy on August 26, 2004, at 9:05:07
In reply to Re: How funny and a question » JenStar, posted by AuntieMel on August 26, 2004, at 9:00:05
How about the word "troops" with regard to the war? Isn't a troop a number of soldiers? Isn't a "trooper" one of them? Yet they seem to be referred to as individual numbers; like, "3 troops died in Baghdad today." Drives me even more bananas.
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