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Originally Posted by kazbates
Although I am in agreement with this statement and fully support your viewpoint  , I must, in all fairness, state the obvious. Ereader is a registered name for a digital reading software owned by Fictionwise. Therefore, it does get confusing for new users/members when people use the term "ereader" instead of ebook reader, liseuse, ereading device, etc. A poster might actually be referring to Fictionwise's software rather than a digital reading device. What we REALLY need is a campaign to get Fictionwise to change the name of their digital reading software. 
Having said all that, Ahi, the incessant replay of ereader political correctness does get to be a bit annoying. |
It does fortuitously permit me to ride the waves of popular sentiment though! Which is great.
A lot like body-surfing, actually!
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You are right in the serious portion of your post, though I would dare say "correct" uses of the term "eReader" are in a definite minority in contrast with the "incorrect" uses. That is, of course, if one is a
prescriptivist... which I am generally, except when the prescription hails from a corporation. And if one is a descriptivist, than our beloved
tomato-eating friend is becoming more and more wrong every day.
- Ahi