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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One meta observation: Languages are so varied and messy it was hard even for myself to understand what my question really meant! You can see I changed my mind back and forth as I was talking to different people.
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I want to write a short horror story based on a premise that using any such a phrase will instantly teleport you back to a time when it was still used literally. Two lovers on the phone. “No, *you* hang up.” *poof*
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I wrote many of the answers in a blog post – with images! Maybe this will be fun to someone. (Thank you so much again to everyone for participating.)https://medium.com/@mwichary/the-ghost-tech-in-todays-language-c3becc9ae30b …
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“Calibrate” used to mean measuring the literal caliber of a similar tube or instrument part in order to adjust your calculations of how it graduated and how much you could expect to move through it. How much mercury moves how far in this thermometer, etc.
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How about “thread” itself for what you’re doing now?
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In reference to physical fabric threads? Those still exist, though?
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