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Originally Posted by issybird
Wow, strange bedfellows, to be sure. Another Festivus miracle.
Real as in not virtual is an accepted definition and the meaning was clear in its context. Frankly, I tend to think it’s helpful myself, as there’s that tendency to conflate real and virtual and think that what applies to one necessarily or ought to apply to the other. Using “real” is a reality check, so to speak.
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Personally, I prefer physical vs. electronic. Too many folks seem to take the opposite of real as being imaginary. Pbooks and ebooks are both real.