Custos Custodum wrote on 7/28/2017 11:51 AM:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:00:16 +0100, Guy G4DWV 4X1LT
wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:06:57 -0000, just as I was about to take a
herb, disturbed my reverie and wrote:
The dictionary is the authority on the correct spelling of words
So one chooses the dictionary that matches one's argument? Which
dictionary?
So if you consult an American dictionary you would start calling
fringes "bangs"? YUCK and BIG SPIT.
They are not "movies", but "films".
'Films' is increasingly becoming an anachronism in these days of
virtually ubiquitous CGI.
I remember a friend of a friend who nearly tossed out her boyfriend because
he kept calling CD "albums". Albums weren't even correct for records for
many decades. Usage comes from a time when records were 78 RPM, and had
only one or two songs per side. To get any decent amount of recording time
they were sold in albums. If you wanted to hear the entire opera you bought
an album. With the advent of 33 1/3 RPM long play discs, the need for
albums went away but the name remained.
--
Rick C