English “strafe”: Suggestion on the semantic shift ‘punish by shelling’ (WWI) to ‘fire a machine gun from a low-flying airplane’ (WWII) [Student suggestion]

Author

Gerald Leonard Cohen, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Recommended Citation

Cohen, G. L. (2018). English “strafe”: Suggestion on the semantic shift ‘punish by shelling’ (WWI) to ‘fire a machine gun from a low-flying airplane’ (WWII) [Student suggestion]. Comments on Etymology, April 2018, 47(7), p. 2 Gerald Leonard Cohen.

Department(s)

Arts, Languages, and Philosophy

Comments

Other articles of interest include:

Origin of English “strafe”: Overwrought anti-British hatred in WWI Germany and the ridiculing reaction it evoked

German WWI expunging of words of foreign origin

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2018 Gerald Leonard Cohen, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

April 2018