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Originally Posted by ahammer
I will never use the word.. and any time you try to force a term onto something without letting it come about thru normal meens it is always doomed to fail.
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Agreed completely!
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Originally Posted by Nate the great
Here is an example of why I want to adopt this word. In the following sentence "ebook reader" can be used 3 times:
I am an (person) holding my (device), which runs a particular (software) called Mobipocket.
Do you see the confusion here?
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No, I don't.
I am a reader holding my electronic reader, which runs a particular piece of software called Mobipocket.
Where is the confusion? Except that this sentence is silly.
A normal conversation would go as follows:
Q: Hey, what are you doing?
A: I'm reading a book.
Q: That's not book! That's a pc or something.
A: No, it's an electronic book reader.
Q: Oh cool! What does it run?
A: I can read the books using Mobipocket or eReader (which is made by Barnes & Nobles, you know, that big book store) and various other software. *
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etc.
*let's just assume it's not a linux based device, but WinCE based...
Now, if I took that lisuese word:
Q: Hey, what are you doing?
A: I'm reading a book.
Q: That's not book! That's a pc or something.
A: No, it's an lisuese.
Q: A what?
A: A lisuse.
Q: And what is a lis.. how do you pronounce it again?
A: It's an electronic book reader.
Q: Oh cool! What does it run?
A: I can read the books using Mobipocket or eReader (which is made by Barnes & Nobles, you know, that big book store) and various other software. *
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etc.