Notices by Stefan Magnussen (smagnussen@norden.social)

@jamescridland @ArneBab @jaredwhite

There is some chance that some of you guys wrote their message on a telephone - even if their device is unlikely to have anything to do with what our parents or grandparents once knew as such. Still, it's arguably only people in the phone industry who are bothered by someone calling their smartphone a telephone, because it simply doesn't matter to the general public that it's technically a completely different device.

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@jamescridland @ArneBab @jaredwhite

Look, I am a historian focusing on castles. I could certainly object 90% of the times you call something a castle. It took me years to learn that both views - expert and public - can coexist. For my professional debate, a tight definition is crucial. For everyday use, however, it is of no use whether it was actually a walled farmstead or manor house. It certaianly looks like a castle and can be experienced as such - just as it was intended!

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@jamescridland @ArneBab @jaredwhite

So I think you are both right and wrong. Of course you can take offence at the corporate takeover of the market, we all do, but holding on to the originality of terms seems quite conservative to me and is a bit reminiscent of debates about oat milk or vegan schnitzel. Sure, there's no meat in them, but they look like it, taste pretty similar and can be processed in identical ways. Why bother with someone calling it a Schnitzel?

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