Reading on paper vs "screening" online and "screening" on a Kindle Screener
danbloom
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I am curious to know if any other people here share my concerns about
the need for a new word in English, and other languages, too, for
READING ONLINE, to differentiate this activity from reading on paper,
which is a very different animal.
See two blogs I am on here: one in China, the other in USA:
http://www.36pr.com/2009/02/27/6-on-36-qa-with-taiwan-based-reporter-dan-bloom-on-screening/
AND in other languages, how does one different reading text on paper
surface to reading text on a screen online? Do tell.
Email me offline for any followups too.
danbloom AT gmail DOT com
Bruce Remick
"danbloom" <danb...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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IMO, it's not so much where you read it as it is who wrote it and when it
was written. Why would you need to coin a new word for reading an online
newspaper versus the hardcopy version, as long as the content is the same?
When you communicate what you read, all you need is to say where you read it
and who wrote it if relevant. If you got the information second hand from
someone who read it in a particular newspaper or magazine, why not just say
so if it's important.
Words are quite inexpensive. Why get so caught up in the trend to shorthand
and abbreviate the way we communicate nowadays?
PC
"Bruce Remick" <rem...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "danbloom" <danb...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:61e1733c-ad9a-40ef...@r10g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> Reading on paper vs "screening" online and "screening" on a Kindle
>> Screener
>>
>> I am curious to know if any other people here share my concerns about
>> the need for a new word in English, and other languages, too, for
>> READING ONLINE, to differentiate this activity from reading on paper,
>> which is a very different animal.
>
>
> IMO, it's not so much where you read it as it is who wrote it and when it
> was written. Why would you need to coin a new word for reading an online
> newspaper versus the hardcopy version, as long as the content is the same?
>>>
Many people I work with who are 10 years or older claim they don't like to
read online. They still cling to the comfort and familiarity of holding a
book or newspaper. Not sure we need a word for that . And I am not sure
how this found its way to this NG. Oh well.
Frank
reading.