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View Poll Results: What do you think of the name "liseuse?"
It's great, love it 31 12.40%
It's horrible, hate it 124 49.60%
Don't really care that much, will use it 13 5.20%
Don't really care that much, won't use it 77 30.80%
Other 5 2.00%
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Old 09-24-2009, 11:17 AM   #61
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Giving other to the ones who would use this silly word, the results so far are

101 against vs. 26 for. I say the silly word is a bust and we can now officially give it up.
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Old 09-24-2009, 11:24 AM   #62
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Why? Because it's masculine instead of feminine or because of the "lect-" stem instead of "lis-"?

I voted for "Don't really care that much, won't use it", I'm already using a foreign language anyway.
I think a major factor might be that it's easier for native English speakers to pronounce lecteur than liseuse.
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Old 09-24-2009, 01:21 PM   #64
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Yep -- iraq, iran, ithaca, irony, .....
Three of those words should start with a CAPITAL "I." Can you guess which ones?

FWIW, I detest the term "liseuse." And I know just enough French that I can probably pronounce it correctly. For clarity (and lack of similar use anywhere else in the world), we should banish this annoying term.

In my household,we call the ebook devices "book thingies." Works forus.
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Giving other to the ones who would use this silly word, the results so far are

101 against vs. 26 for. I say the silly word is a bust and we can now officially give it up.
If everybody just always did what you say things would be so much simpler, wouldn't they?

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Old 09-24-2009, 02:05 PM   #66
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If everybody just always did what you say things would be so much simpler, wouldn't they?

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I'm going with the popular vote which says the word goes.
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I'm going with the popular vote which says the word goes.
Populism is your MO, JSWolf!

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Someone shoot this term and get it out of our misery.
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Old 09-24-2009, 03:09 PM   #69
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Well, e-reader or lisseuse, peaple don't understand. I usually have to say "Electronic book reader", which is long and annoying.
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Old 09-24-2009, 03:41 PM   #70
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Jon, you are too funny!! I think we now know where your brand loyalty lies.

If you really want to split hairs, YOU are actually the reader. The device is the DISPLAYER!
Or the readee. Hey! That's a great name to mozzle for book reader. From now on, I insist that we all call our reading devices readees.
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Old 09-24-2009, 03:48 PM   #71
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Or the readee. Hey! That's a great name to mozzle for book reader. From now on, I insist that we all call our reading devices readees.
Well maybe, but Reedie is already taken:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Reedies
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How about RD (pronounced: are-dee) ?

It parallels TV, and like liseuse it can be said to be derived from French. (i.e.: Reader [<- borrowed from English] Digitalique)

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When I first saw the word in the title of the forum threads, I thought it was a word used to make fun of DRMs! LICEnse to USE, though spelled a little differently of course.
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How about RD (pronounced: are-dee) ?

It parallels TV, and like liseuse it can be said to be derived from French. (i.e.: Reader [<- borrowed from English] Digitalique)

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We;ve already gone round with a French word that didn't work. I think it's time to stay away from French words for naming our devices.
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