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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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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The best kind of confusion
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Sometimes the question turns out to have been the best answer all along. (Or something.)
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