On 9/18/19 12:00 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 9/17/19 11:43 PM, Holger Levsen wrote:On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 11:37:39PM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:Using "media" for a singular word just sounds weird for anyone knowing Latin.that's how many promille of the world population? also: using "handy" as a word for a mobile phone sounds weird for anyone knowing English, yet, noone in Germany cares. 'installation media' is a real word in todays English, whether or whether not your Latin knowledge disagrees.What's the plural of media then? Medias?
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/media
noun 1) the mediatreated as singular or plural The main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet) regarded collectively.‘their demands were publicized by the media’ 2) plural form of medium
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/media
media Definition of media (Entry 3 of 4) plural of medium -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaubitz@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913