Thread: What do you think of the name "liseuse?"
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Old 09-25-2009, 11:14 AM   #105
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Originally Posted by orwell2k View Post
I'm not French and can barely pronounce Bonjour, but the word "liseuse" really appeals to me for some reason. I think it's cool, and why shouldn't non-English regions have their own term for something like an eReader instead of importing the English? Seems a bit arrogant of the English-speaking countries to demand that the rest of the world adopts the English term.
You missed the trigger for this poll, it is not forcing the world to use English word, it was asking for courtesy to use English word in English language forums.
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