Thread: What do you think of the name "liseuse?"
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Old 09-27-2009, 02:19 PM   #248
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
as i and others have explained previously, "liseuse" is a real french word. it has several meanings, all of which center on reading : it can mean a lamp used for reading, a jacket or shawl worn by a woman for reading in bed (as grimaud said), a knife used for cutting the pages of books and marking your place (this meaning is obviously rather out-dated), and... a device for reading ebooks.
Can you give us examples of this word being used to mean eBook reader before it was ever used at MR to try to mean eBook reader?
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