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omk3 · 06-18-2010, 07:51 AM

You know, I never particularly liked the sound of "liseuse". But hey, the poor word is so strongly hated by some people, I feel obliged to defend it.

I'll probably start using it now, as a gesture of solidarity. All this word-bullying is getting too much. Live and let (other words) live.

New devices and technologies lack proper names. The mp3 player is a good example. iPod is a brand. Like Hoover, it can be used as a descriptive word, but I'd really hate to advertise this bloody apple even more, it doesn't need it. Mp3 player is long, two words, and not entirely accurate either. Which is exactly the case with the term "ebook reader". Yeah, good enough description, but not actually a name. Many people use their reader's brand. My sony, my kindle, my ipad. I absolutely and passionately favour an arbitrary, weird-sounding but neutral and all-encompassing word like 'liseuse' over any more indirect brand advertising.

So from today, liseuse it is!

06-18-2010, 07:51 AM	#76
omk3 Wizard Posts: 1,454 Karma: 37243 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Europe Device: pocketbook 360, kindle 4	You know, I never particularly liked the sound of "liseuse". But hey, the poor word is so strongly hated by some people, I feel obliged to defend it. I'll probably start using it now, as a gesture of solidarity. All this word-bullying is getting too much. Live and let (other words) live. New devices and technologies lack proper names. The mp3 player is a good example. iPod is a brand. Like Hoover, it can be used as a descriptive word, but I'd really hate to advertise this bloody apple even more, it doesn't need it. Mp3 player is long, two words, and not entirely accurate either. Which is exactly the case with the term "ebook reader". Yeah, good enough description, but not actually a name. Many people use their reader's brand. My sony, my kindle, my ipad. I absolutely and passionately favour an arbitrary, weird-sounding but neutral and all-encompassing word like 'liseuse' over any more indirect brand advertising. So from today, liseuse it is!