Forum: Lounge
06-23-2010, 08:40 AM
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NOTES:
1. Michael Quinion, website editor...
NOTES:
1. Michael Quinion, website editor in the UK, notes in his current newsletter World Wide Words: As a final change, I have decided to go with the majority view and
will spell the words as...
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Forum: Lounge
06-23-2010, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 18
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Should ''internet'' be capitalized or lowercase?
Two longtime students of the issue say, lowercase it in all USA newspaper and websites. The UK already does this, but most US newspapers follow the AP style and the NYTimes style and that is to CAP...
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Forum: General Discussions
06-23-2010, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,886
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Forum: General Discussions
06-23-2010, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,886
Dmania, above, made a good comment, and I his...
Dmania, above, made a good comment, and I his point too. Glad he liked the term "screening" -- it might catch on as an alternative word for reading, later on.
Screen-reading is reading, but a new...
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Forum: General Discussions
06-23-2010, 12:51 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,886
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Forum: General Discussions
06-23-2010, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,886
DMania replied to me offline:
2010/6/22
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DMania replied to me offline:
2010/6/22
Sir,
I'll side with the scientists that reading and screening may produce different brain results but it sure as heck doesnt make sense to me;
I...
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Forum: General Discussions
06-22-2010, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,886
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Forum: General Discussions
06-22-2010, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,886
The changing face of reading
A YouTube video posits a unique viewpoint on reading in the digital age.
Your reax? Valid points or totally subsilly?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xpN78-cJP0
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,268
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 151
Views: 24,314
Well said. Cannot be said enough.
There...
Well said. Cannot be said enough.
There needs to be more civility everywhere.
Please refrain from personal attacks against other members.
That phrase, pshrynk, should be posted in bold...
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,268
I love that word! :)
But really, khalleron,...
I love that word! :)
But really, khalleron, this vaporpapers word is NOT mine, i swear swear swear on a Nuvoleximania bible that it is not mine. Really. It's true i like to read about new words,...
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,268
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,268
yes yes, ebooks is fine, there is no need to...
yes yes, ebooks is fine, there is no need to replace that term. Fits perfectly. I think this professor guy is more interested in how e-literatuer on ebooks and e-info documents will be preserved for...
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,268
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,268
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 06:02 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,268
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,268
Desertgrandma, no no, I assure you, 100 percent...
Desertgrandma, no no, I assure you, 100 percent truth, the coiner of that word was not Dan Bloom. It was coined by a tech-savvy professor. He is on your side. He justed asked me to help with the PR...
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,268
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,268
I agree LDB, the word is too long, four...
I agree LDB, the word is too long, four syllables, does not roll off the tongue and hard to pronounce as well. What about calling the place where all e-text resides in Internet space and time as the...
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 151
Views: 24,314
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 12:31 AM
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Replies: 151
Views: 24,314
This is an important discussion, here and via...
This is an important discussion, here and via Nick Bilton at the Bits blog at the TimesMy own view is ...... I have a hunch that reading on screens is vastly inferior to reading on paper, and that...
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Forum: News
02-17-2010, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 4,219
emoorman, good post, good questions.
A...
emoorman, good post, good questions.
A sometimes reader of this website, who has requested anonymity,-- and it's not me, my mind doesn't move in this direction very well but his does, -- has...
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Forum: News
02-16-2010, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,268
Vaporpapers as slang term for ebooks and such?
A sometimes reader of this website, who has requested anonymity, and it's not me this time, my mind doesn't move in this direction very well but his does, and he has coined a very interesting word...
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Forum: News
02-07-2010, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,907
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Forum: News
02-06-2010, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,762
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