"Terrestrial" radio (was "Can WBCN lead listeners...")

[Sid Schweiger]

>>I'm getting annoyed by the wide misuse of the  word "terrestrial" by radio listeners these days. The word literally  means "on the Earth" or "from the Earth", as in that humans are  "terrestrial" beings, and space aliens are "extra-terrestrials".<<

I'm far more annoyed by those who refuse to understand that words and language evolve over time.

Sid Schweiger
IT Manager, Entercom New England
20 Guest St / 3d Floor
Brighton MA  02135-2040