Annoying words and phrasesMarketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.
Thanks to simbosan for the idea
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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I still use 'tapes'to refer to language-learning audio, in whatever medium. It just seems wrong to say CDs/mp3s in that circumstance.
I've also noticed a bizarre kind of hypercorrection, where people will say "In 1949 Miles Davis released the CD Birth of the Cool" or DVD when they mean video cassette.
Be kind to our older brethren, though - technology moves a lot faster than in their day.
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Pretender, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 13:57,
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oooh, wavy lines...Longman Audio-visual French, published and copyright by Longman Group Limited, 1973
DAAAAAH.
DAAAAAH.
Da-da-da-daaH
Da-da-da-da-da-daaH
Da-da-da-da-da-da de-dah DAAH.
etc.
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shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 13:50,
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