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Old 09-07-2016, 04:29 AM   #72
MikeB1972
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Originally Posted by ekbell View Post
My personal pet peeve is the use of the term 'box set' when referring to an ebook omnibus. Why use a term referring to a particular physical setup when the terms collection and omnibus exist?
Hell, I still tape things on my sky box, hang up the phone, dial a number, rewind/fast forward part of a program. Oh yeah, and carbon copy people into emails.

Terms people are used to generally stick around long after they are relevant.
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