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Originally Posted by HarryT
I loath this word personally. Unless you're French, I can see no conceivable reason for wanting to use it. Let's hope that it dies the death that it so richly deserves.
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ditto
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
If we had to follow the rules of so-called journalism the English language would only be fit for teenagers and people who wear lobster bibs at the breakfast table. I'll use whatever words I like in whatever fashion I see fit in whatever context I deem necessary. Liseuse is a perfectly cromulant word in my book and I'm not giving it up because it's too hard for some people to learn something odd or different. Sod those people. Let them eat nouns!
Liseuse or death!!
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whatever floats your boat
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Originally Posted by Latinandgreek
Hear, hear!
I quite like Liseuse, and I find it less cumbersome than "e-book reader".
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what's wrong with ereader?
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Originally Posted by kennyc
I hope not. I hate that silly word.
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like that