let's get liseuse recognized as a real word

[Teyrnon]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hey nate, the guy who wants to delete the article has replied on the talk page that he still sees no reason for an article separate from the one called "ebook reader". maybe you can suggest merging the two articles ? you could add the text of the "liseuse" page to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book_reader page and explain it's a synonym. since there is already a page about the devices it does make sense to keep them together. his main argument is that there is not enough use of the word in english, but... english evolves.

I'm inclined to agree. Merging it into the "e-book readers" article would probably be best for now.

Hmm...Come to think of it I should probably ask. Do we have any examples of usage from English speaking sources?

[Madam Broshkina]

The other day my pet turtle decided to jump on my Sony 500 and broke it's substrate. I said quite angrily to the turtle "Look what you did! Now it is liseuseless!

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

The other day my pet turtle decided to jump on my Sony 500 and broke it's substrate. I said quite angrily to the turtle "Look what you did! Now it is liseuseless!

[ahammer]

I will never use the word.. and any time you try to force a term onto something without letting it come about thru normal meens it is always doomed to fail.

[pshrynk]

When do we start talking about Harv and Vera?

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

When do we start talking about Harv and Vera?

does Harv liseuse Vera ?

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by ahammer

I will never use the word..

What word??

[pshrynk]

That word!

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

That word!

"
.......So they give a word, and the word is om"

[ahammer]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

What word??

havnt you heard that the bird is the word?

[pshrynk]

I thought it was grease.

[vivaldirules]

Come on, man. Give me the good word!

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by ahammer

I will never use the word.. and any time you try to force a term onto something without letting it come about thru normal meens it is always doomed to fail.

Agreed completely!

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Here is an example of why I want to adopt this word. In the following sentence "ebook reader" can be used 3 times:

I am an (person) holding my (device), which runs a particular (software) called Mobipocket.

Do you see the confusion here?

No, I don't.

I am a reader holding my electronic reader, which runs a particular piece of software called Mobipocket.

Where is the confusion? Except that this sentence is silly.

A normal conversation would go as follows:

Q: Hey, what are you doing?
A: I'm reading a book.
Q: That's not book! That's a pc or something.
A: No, it's an electronic book reader.
Q: Oh cool! What does it run?
A: I can read the books using Mobipocket or eReader (which is made by Barnes & Nobles, you know, that big book store) and various other software. *
.....
etc.


*let's just assume it's not a linux based device, but WinCE based...


Now, if I took that lisuese word:

Q: Hey, what are you doing?
A: I'm reading a book.
Q: That's not book! That's a pc or something.
A: No, it's an lisuese.
Q: A what?
A: A lisuse.
Q: And what is a lis.. how do you pronounce it again?
A: It's an electronic book reader.
Q: Oh cool! What does it run?
A: I can read the books using Mobipocket or eReader (which is made by Barnes & Nobles, you know, that big book store) and various other software. *
.....
etc.

[moz]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i should maybe just point out that it is *technically* already a "real word" though.

It's not a real word until we've stolen it into English

[Slite]

Originally Posted by moz

It's not a real word until we've stolen it into English

Well, considering the 2 words you have "stolen" from Swedish so far, I wont be holding my breath on this one