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'''Media''': "The Press" implies a printing press, which implies newspapers. The media today encompass newspapers, television, radio, and the internet. We need a word which can encompass all of these. What's so wrong with that? [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 23:05, 26 December 2008 (EST) | '''Media''': "The Press" implies a printing press, which implies newspapers. The media today encompass newspapers, television, radio, and the internet. We need a word which can encompass all of these. What's so wrong with that? [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 23:05, 26 December 2008 (EST) | ||
| − | :It's perfectly clear. Vocabularies have shrunk, the meanings of words have contracted. Now, I recommend you make substantial contributions rather than talk, talk, talking. [[User:RodWeathers|- Rod Weathers]] 23: | + | :It's perfectly clear. Vocabularies have shrunk, the meanings of words have contracted. Now, I recommend you make substantial contributions rather than talk, talk, talking. Spouting gibberish about printing presses shows how keen you are to avoid accurate information. Does the White House Press Secretary only deal with newspapers? [[User:RodWeathers|- Rod Weathers]] 23:07, 26 December 2008 (EST) |
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These are all examples of how languages change, but how do they show deterioration? Eoinc 22:52, 26 December 2008 (EST) I should probably be more specific:
Message: If this has come to mean a brief, insubstantial piece of communication, so what? This doesn't mean that the art of communication itself has died out. There are plenty of other words that we could still use to denote a more weighty and important communication.
Link: If this now refers exclusively to the internet (which I doubt), there are other words we could use for more significant connections.
Media: "The Press" implies a printing press, which implies newspapers. The media today encompass newspapers, television, radio, and the internet. We need a word which can encompass all of these. What's so wrong with that? Eoinc 23:05, 26 December 2008 (EST)
- It's perfectly clear. Vocabularies have shrunk, the meanings of words have contracted. Now, I recommend you make substantial contributions rather than talk, talk, talking. Spouting gibberish about printing presses shows how keen you are to avoid accurate information. Does the White House Press Secretary only deal with newspapers? - Rod Weathers 23:07, 26 December 2008 (EST)