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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Some great examples so far: · burning the midnight oil (from a lamp) · music album (records were literally packaged in albums, one/two songs per record) · crank up (the volume of an old gramophone) · dashboard (! from a horse carriage) · scroll (!!!)
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Oh, yeah! I forgot my own stuff. Shift and Backspace on the keyboard! Both from around 1880–1890, ceased to do what they literally meant ~1980 when computer took over from typewriters. ᴾˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ᵇᵘʸ ᵐʸ ᵇᵒᵒᵏ
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Replying to @therealfitz
Do you really think it will be in any way possible for you to miss the moment my book is available for sale? :·)
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(I am avoiding making predictions like this because I really have no idea how much some of these things take. :·) )
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