U.S. Student On Trial In Italy "Anxious"

Amanda Knox Eager To Testify, Father Says Of Daughter Facing Murder Charges

(AP)  The father of Amanda Knox, on trial in Italy for the slaying of her British roommate, says she is anxious to testify.

The 21-year-old Seattle woman is on trial in Perugia with her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, for the 2007 killing of Meredith Kercher. Both deny wrongdoing.

"She's hanging in there," Curt Knox said from Perugia in an interview on NBC's Today Show. "She's seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. She's getting anxious to testify and get her word in court that she's 100 percent innocent."

Knox was studying in Perugia and sharing an apartment with Kercher when the Briton was found stabbed to death in the house on Nov. 2, 2007. Knox and Sollecito went on trial in January on charges of murder and sexual violence. If convicted, they could face life in prison.

[rrozsa]

Posted by I_am_me1953 at 9:05 AM : Apr 24, 2009

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Sorry, I forgot that Merriam-Webster does change definitions over time to reflect common usage. If you use it wrongly for long enough, eventually it will become accepted.

[I_am_me1953]

Um, "anxious" does not mean the same thing as "eager", just like "notorious" does not mean the same thing as "famous". What a misleading headline!

Posted by rrozsa at 8:34 AM : Apr 24, 2009
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Well sort of, If you look the word anxious it does indicate anxiety as well as wishing or hoping.

From: http://www.merriam-webster.com/

anx·ious
Pronunciation: \?a?(k)-sh?s\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin anxius; akin to Latin angere to strangle, distress ? more at anger
Date: circa 1616
1 : characterized by extreme uneasiness of mind or brooding fear about some contingency : worried <anxious parents>
2 : characterized by, resulting from, or causing anxiety : worrying <an anxious night>
3 : ardently or earnestly wishing

[rrozsa]

Um, "anxious" does not mean the same thing as "eager", just like "notorious" does not mean the same thing as "famous". What a misleading headline!