Wordings

公司指引, 關於美國Virginia Tech的新聞, 有些傳媒(別家的)用字不當, 要注意:

這次槍擊事件是:
the deadliest school *shooting* in U-S history, 但不是the deadliest school *massacre.*

原來1927年, 美國密芝根州有過這樣的恐怖事件:

On May 18, 1927, Andrew Kehoe, a deranged school board member, placed a bomb in the Bath Consolidated School. After the bomb exploded, Kehoe killed himself. By day's end, forty-five people in Bath, including Kehoe's wife, who he murdered, were dead. Sixty-one teachers and students were hurt. (Michigan Historical Center www.michigan.gov)

另外, 形容這次事件是massacre是對的:
"massacre" - defined as "the act or an instance of killing a large number of human beings indiscriminately and cruelly."
但絕對不是shooting spree:
"spree": "a carefree, lively outing."

還有, 有些電視台多次說:
something at Virginia Tech went "terribly wrong."
老細說, "terribly wrong"已變成cliche, 不要再亂用.