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Old 06-17-2010, 10:11 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by Moejoe View Post
You mean like ereader (any electronic device with a readable screen is an e reader) or book (I'm just reading the latest novel on my book....?). We like the word because it has some cultural weight, it sounds nice to us, and because actually we don't take Google as the world arbitrator on the meaning of language.

Your opinion of shoehorning is only that, an opinion, and it's not one that I and many others share.
eReader is a word that already has a meaning and trying to fit in a meaning that it doesn't mean is again silly.

What is wrong with eBook reader as the name for our devices? But if anyone has any better ideas other then trying to shoehorn into another word, feel free to say.
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