[free-sklyarov] Counter-Terminology Poll

[proclus at iname.com]

hmm, I didn't write this =}.

Regards,
proclus

On 27 Jul, Xcott Craver wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Michael L. Love wrote:
> 
> 	"Crippled media" seems to be in the lead, with "limited rights
> 	media" right behind.
> 
> 	While I agree "crippled media" is accurate, my beef with it
> 	is that it is only a term _we_ would use.  It isn't the
> 	kind of term you could get a lot of people to adopt, because
> 	it sorta sounds more opinionated, and, of course, emotionally
> 	charged.
> 
> 	It certainly seems kooky for me to complain that a term isn't
> 	dry and technical *enough*, because all my submissions
> 	(e.g., "usage controlled") sound too dry and jargonny.  But
> 	a certain technical, official air is needed if you want the
> 	term to creep into academic papers, cnn.com articles, etc.
> 
> 							-S
> 
> 	[The media will probably also avoid use of the word "crippled."]
> 
> 
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