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Originally Posted by Cthulhu
Why would a person endeavour to not visit the seat of civility, culture, and really good food?
Merthinks that such a person must not like freedom or democracy.
Yvan: what are the other meanings of 'liseuse?'
Personally, I think that the device used to read digital texts should itself be called an "ebook," but I think that I stand in the minority on that account.
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One of the definitions is the one I gave and knew since I was a kid: a book protector. Then there is a small table for books, a reading lamp, a piece of clothing for reading comfort and a small knife used as a bookmarker, I guess a remnant of the days when you had to separate the pages when you bought a book. Remember those? I still have a few my grandma left when she died, I keep them virgin.
Your calling the devices 'ebooks' has some history behind. I vividly remember the first devices being called that way. I only changed my way of calling them that when joining MR.