I wonder sometimes what would be the oldest extant word based on technology no longer in use. Taping an interview? Dialing someone? https://twitter.com/hels/status/679059633949011970 …
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Replying to @mwichary
This is sort of the inverse: computer was originally a job for someone that computed (which were notably almost 100% women, btw). We no longer have computers as a job title, but we use the term almost universally for machines that compute
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Gets particularly exciting when you start going into the differences between “computer” and “computor.” :·)
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