12-06-2020, 10:41 PM
(12-06-2020, 09:29 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(12-06-2020, 05:35 PM)plam Wrote: I also believe manslaughter is the technically correct term in Canada.
You both are referring to the legal crime, not the lay meaning. “Technically correct” in only the literal meaning of technical.
Words have meanings, though, and I think there is value to differentiating "murder" from "manslaughter". But maybe I'm too much of a prescriptivist.

