Originally Posted by
texashoser
I have no idea what you're trying to accomplish here other than to try to be insufferable. I *am* asking for a consistent use of the term by asking just what WN's definition that word is. It seems to have two meanings: one meaning being new dots and the other new, non-stop service from DAL.
You can assume all you want what GK was talking about - you may be correct. But a new destination to me and just about everyone else is an actual new dot/city - not a line on a map representing a non-stop city pair. If you're fine with WN or GK using the same term to imply two different things, that's your prerogative. I'm not. So be it.
You were wondering what "destination" meant in the context of "Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV) will add 15 new domestic destinations from Love Field in October and November but the opportunity exists for many more, he said."
As a courtesy, I supplied you with the definition of "destination" in the context of the quote, along with a list of the specific destinations being referred to.
You responded with "All that's besides the point." No, really, it's not beside the point. It IS the point. If instead of saying, "Still wondering what the definition of 'destination' is", you said "I know what WN is saying, but I wish they would've said non-stop destinations from DAL instead of destinations from DAL." then it would be clear that you're not wondering, you're just complaining.
I'm not assuming a single thing. The 15 new DAL destinations in Oct. and Nov., the time frame that GK was speaking of, were announced a long time ago. I gave you a list because you were "wondering." WN wasn't using this to, as you say in your complaint, "announce they will be offering new non-stop service from DAL to 15 existing destinations."
Additionally, news articles announce new lines on the map as "new destinations from
ABC" all of the time, because they are new destinations
from ABC!
Perhaps you should take your own advice:
Originally Posted by
texashoser
It's not what you say, but how you say it.