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 @girlyratfish
You will never run out of candidates. “Pen” as a writing instrument dates from the proto-Indo-European word for “feather” though quill pens became obsolete two centuries ago.
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Replying to @cdespinosa @girlyratfish
Yeah, although that feels like stretching it – implied was keeping it within the same language. :·)
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Replying to @mwichary @cdespinosa
there's a point at which the obsolete tech just gets absorbed into normal language and will be there forever. i think we're already there with "upper and lower case" and with "typing" or "keyboarding" for that matter.
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Replying to @girlyratfish @cdespinosa
Oh, god, I do hope upper- and lowercase goes away at some point. It’s so, so confusing.
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