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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
i could argue that rudeness *never* belongs, and that there was certainly no ill-intent in that original post.
there are many different words being used here for various things, not everyone is using the same one (e-reader, ereader, ebook reader, liseuse, device, etc.) and there is nothing wrong with that. the whole digital reading phenomenon is relatively recent, on a historical time-scale, and language is still evolving around it. again, if you don't like the word, just ignore it.
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To me, if you are reporting on a bit of news, use the word(s) that the manufacturer uses even if you don't like it. The manufacturer is the one to name their own device. News is meant to be reported upon as fact or as much fact as we can get. It's not fact when the name of the device is changed to something else. I think that is what caused this outcry against the word.