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Posted by Justin on 10/23/05 05:56
Keeper of the Purple Twilight wrote on [Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:16:07 -0500]:
> In article <DXD6f.25383$U51.472@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, Netmask
> <netmask56NoFleas@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>> PS I wish people wouldn't abbreviate or use diminutives as English as it is
>> spoken and understood around the World can be quite different - so speak of
>> a DVD blank or a DVD player. The same thing occurs with Midi files that get
>> abbreviated to "midi's" this could mean anything in some
>> countries..including a brand of condoms...
>
> Using the term 'DVD' by itself, means just that: a DVD. Can be a blank
> one, or a prerecorded movie. Still just means 'DVD'. It's always meant
> that.
>
> I mean, saying 'DVD disc' would be redundant, since DVD *means* digital
> video DISC. So it'd be like saying digital video disc disc. :)
>
> (this is also why nobody should ever use the phrase "ATM machine" - the
> M already stands for machine)
Gonna put your PIN number into the ATM machine so you can buy a book by
searching by ISBN number?
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