Hi, David <bouncingc...@gmail.com> wrote: > These words "medium" & "media" are very awkward for a few reasons: > > 1) Contemporary use of the words is such that their "correct" use might > be evolving. So attempting to use these words correctly is annoying and > clumsy. > > 2) The majority current use of these words by the general popoulation is > technically incorrect, so using them correctly produces a result that is > uncomfortable for many readers and therefore might be considered poor > or ineffective communication style. For example, most people in current > everyday use will not understand that "medium" might refer to a computer > file storage device.
In my environment and language (German), "Medium" as in "Speichermedium" is a common word. In English that might be different though. And please keep in mind, that we ar talking about a broad range of media here: CD, DVD, harddisc, USB sticks, ISO files on a harddrive, floppies (yes, I have learnt recently that in some architectures that's still an acceptable storage device). And they all need to covered here. Maybe we cannot find a term that works perfectly for all of them, however having a suitable coverterm for all would be the major goal. Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
