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Originally Posted by Superlucky
There's no need to announce it, as you put it, but rather we're discussing a way to refer to our electronic reading devices. "I've bought that book... " might be followed with "Oh! I love that author, may I borrow your book?". You would then need to explain that the book has DRM and you are reading it on an ebook device, so you are not able to lend it to others. There are many situations in which one would need to refer to the actual device. You might want to tell someone that you just put some free books on your... whatever. You might want to talk about what kind of ebook device you are looking to buy. There needs to be a word for it. "Dedicated ebook reading device" is too clunky. We are referring to a piece of hardware for which there is currently no accepted word to describe. There's no need to "announce" anything, just a need to articulate reality (which is the point of language).
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If I would call it a liceause people would look at me as if I'm crazy... I actually had that happen on sunday already. I mentioned this thread at the breakfast table. And my husband, who has been reading electronically as long as I am, had no idea what I was talking about. He kept thinking he missed a word or something (and I did pronounce it the correct way even!). So, I'll just keep on calling it an electronic book, ebook reader, or just a book.