• bob_wiley@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Considering the word didn’t enter the dictionary until after typesetting died, you’re sounding like this line from the original article I posted.

    ‘Lede’ is an invention of linotype romanticists, not something used in newsrooms of the linotype era.

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      10 months ago

      It was in fact used by typesetters as jargon in the linotype era. And when it entered the lexicon more broadly, it had a very specific meaning, the same meaning which it still has.

      Listen. It’s fine if you want to use a less correct word. When it comes to word choice, as matters of diction as opposed to word choice as matters of style, I go to the dictionary, specifically Webster. For style, I go to CMoS, which says either is acceptable.

      When you go to the dictionary for lead, this definition of “lead” is quaternary, was added in 2008, and tells you to go look at “lede.” Lede is the exact correct word choice for the phrase “bury the lede.”