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Originally Posted by JSWolf
e-reader is no good since it's pronounced the same as eReader.
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Does that matter? Many words are used as nouns and verbs at the same time, like "fly." The Chinese use "electronic book" to mean the reader and what's read. Doesn't seem to affect the world adversely.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
People would think it's a device by Apple.
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Apple didn't invent putting a single letter/syllable in front of a generic word. And it makes little difference who they think made the device(s), the same as if they start calling all devices "Kindles."
(You'll notice, I'm not at all strained using the words "device" and "hardware" when talking about readers, so I don't care if everyone else wants to call them "Elmo.")