I'll just quote my previous post :
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Originally Posted by Idoine
As there is currently no official word in french for the device, I think french users are well-placed to propose a name.
And as Internet is currently the best way to propagate something, why not using it ?
Now english speakers don't have to use it, but I don't see why french speakers would have to use an english word if there is a possibility to create an alternative in french.
And if this alternative is sufficiently acknowledged, there is a chance that this term will appear on dictionaries in the end...
 Am I here overly optimistic ?  |
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Originally Posted by Idoine
I don't try here to even suggest other than french speakers would use "liseuse". 
I think it would be great that all languages create their own word (it would mean at least that the device is wordly known and used !)
Why not start here ? In a place where minds are open (most of the time...) to other cultures ? |
And for this :
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Originally Posted by kennyc
What I want to know is about those 4 "others" I mean, what else is there?
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... I am one of the 4 ! I like the word, in FRENCH. Now I'm perfectly aware that it can not be an English one, as the majority of English speakers are not able to pronounce it correctly.
I think myself as a realistic one (hope so, at least !
).