Near Miss on the Marissa Dive Boat (5/15/11) - San Diego

[ferris213]

I was told it is an abbreviation of "near mishap".

Near miss is still easier than saying something wasn't nearly not a miss.

 

[Rick Murchison]

I don't think it's allowable in American English either

Not only is it allowed, the term has official status in both England and America, and all over the world in the English of aviation. "Near" as in "close" and "miss" as in "they didn't collide." Near miss is even defined with specific distances/times, depending on the aircraft and circumstances involved.
So its use in Scuba, which has so many aviation parallels, especially in the safety arena, is both acceptable and well understood.

Rick

 

[A&I Mod]

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A ScubaBoard Staff Message...

As this thread is completely off-track now, it's closed. Feel free to discuss the vagaries of the English language elsewhere.

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