Thread: What do you think of the name "liseuse?"
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Old 09-27-2009, 02:24 PM   #254
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Originally Posted by Nate the great View Post
No. I for one am not _forcing_ anyone to use this word (or any other word), and a couple people who don't like it are insisting that _no_one_ use it.


Just to complicate matters further, this thread reminded me of a miscommunication once where the word ebook was used to refer to the file and the device. Given that ebook is short for electronic book this does make some sense.

So we now have ebook, e-book, ereader, e-reader, ebook reader, and e-book reader. How is liseuse any less valid than the other 6 choices?
Because nobody outside of MR (well hardly anybody) will know what that word means. And before this word gets put in places like wiki, there should be some solid proof that it really means eBook reader. There's proof that it has to do with things that have to do with reading. But there is no proof it has to be with anything electronic other then a light.
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