Tom Geoghegan, “Is it Time to Retire ‘Ground Zero’?” (BBC News, Sep. 7, 2011)
Bloggers were already making the point that the word needed to be replaced, says lexicographer Ben Zimmer.
“It has a strong national resonance but there’s a strong case to be made for moving away from it.
“It’s now a bustling site with buildings going up, but Ground Zero keeps it fixed to that moment when the towers fell.”
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