Cottage Grove plans ‘simple’ veterans’ memorial with strong message
June 22, 2011 at 5:05 am in South Washington County Bulletin
Cottage Grove leaders set a goal for the city’s first veterans memorial: a monument that honors residents who have served and reflects the place they call home. Continue Reading
The word “sheroes” doesn’t seem very dignified for this.
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I agree, Buzz. I don’t like using a made up word for a permanent, serious memorial. I guess you and I should have volunteered to be on the task force.
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It’s unfortunately a word, but I can’t find any clear meaning that would result in it being used on the memorial. If it is meant to enshire hero in the feminine sense, then heroine would be better.
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The only place I found this word is in the “urban dictionary” ( you know, the place where parents go to look up words so they can figure out what the heck their kids are talking about) It’s not a word. I don’t care if Ernest Hemingway coined this phrase, it’s not appropriate for a Veterans Memorial. “Sheroe” belongs in pop or hip hop tune and how this writer for the Bulletin thinks it conveys a “Strong Message” is beyond me!
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I did a Google search, too, and found the same Urban Dictionary definition so I go back to my earlier point that sheroe is a made up word.
I don’t know how the Bulletin does it but at larger newspapers the headline is not written by the reporter/columnist. The words “strong message” are only in the headline so I wouldn’t necessarily assume those are the writers words. The mayor is quoted – “It’s simple,†Bailey said. “And it sends a message.â€
I agree with your second point that if the term is OK with the women veterans, who am I to argue. I think it’s weird but whatever.
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I should also add that if this term is OK with our women veterans, then what I think is irrelevant.
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