to email radio 2 and say

[Saltire]

"please can you ask your mewsreader, when mentioning the Poppy Appeal launched today by Dame vera, to stop saying "soldiers" and use the words Armed Forces or Military, because as records sadly show, it's not just the Army who are sadly losing personel"

. Sorry if others thin I am being Unreasonable, but it's a bugbear of mine

Yes please do it. Radio 2 are thick.

"mewsreader" obviously anger got the better of me

adn stop saying veterans fgs

or heroes

YANBU. Would have expected the beeb to get this right.

If you point this out they will no doubt act upon it.

I emailed them once before, in fact twice before and they changed the wording on their news page

veterans ..if they are veterans then why not.. don't get that

also heroes.. don't get that either ..why don't you like heroes? too approving, or inaccurate?

Radio Two are not thick btw.

I know they are not thick, just that it irritates me them being factually inaccurate

i find veterans an americanism tbh. a recent one too.
a dn heroes are subjective
some bloke who has cooke din a tent in afgahnistan and not been near a gun/ bomb is a cook, not a hero.

Saltire, good point, well made

I personally don't get what's wrong with saying either veteran or hero either.

i just explained it.
you arent a hero just for GOING to war.

If they are veterans they are veterans.

I think your other assessment is harsh.

Saltire they don't like it either I'm sure. It is always worth saying something.

until about 4 years ago they were ex servicemen.
now they are "veterans"
its american and not nice

Err, cross post MI. And imo your explanation is not enough for me to agree with you.

I think they are veterans if they have been in a conflict.

If they have not been in a conflict they are ex-servicemen.

or women gosh darn it

no
my dad was in a conflict
and was always ex servicemen
its a word youd not even really SAY = its media speak

well if your Dad says so

and by the way well done to your Dad

well done?
for wot?

veteran
? noun 1 a person who has had long experience in a particular field. 2 an ex-member of the armed forces.

OED

I think this is what the BBC uses.

I was trying to be pleasant. Don't worry about it.

you emant for the conflict?
its ok!!! lol
it was 40 years ago.

you are always lovely.

am greatly supportive of the Armed Forces so good show to your Dad whether you like it or not

For being one of a number of 'hero's' who have been in conflicts, not of their making, not of their chosing but at the bidding of OUR democratically elected government in the service of OUR country and by default at the behest of everyone in this country. They may be a myraid of different personalities but each and every one of them is sacrificing something for each and everyone of us - whether that sacrifice involces 'acts' of 'heroism' is of little import. Oh and if you think a six month tour of Afghansitan/Iraq/Kosovo/Bosnia/Northern Ireland (to name just some of the ones my DH had been on) is not a sacrifice then spend a weekend on a TA weekend just on salisbury Plain - I am sure you would not make it through so smugly

Kayran very well put. I'm sure most people are highly supportive, don't get upset. Hope your dh is with you now.