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On 06/06/2014 09:22 AM, Jack Wilborn wrote:

> Ever heard of etymological fallacy?

No, but it's an idea that makes sense.

> Like dilapidated means 'stone' plus 'taken apart', yet we use the
> term for anything that's falling apart, even if it's not made of
> stone..  Maybe that widens the forum idea, maybe not, but you need to
> use what todays people think of a forum to be correct.. Not that I
> know anything anyway...

The trouble is that the broader sense of the word "forum" is still
useful in the modern day, and if we allow the word to be used as a
shorthand for "Web forum", then when someone tries to use it in the
broader sense there will be possibility for confusion. I've encountered
that personally, which is why I try to always use the more explicit term
"Web forum" when that is what I mean.

This is offtopic, however, even to the extent to which these threads
were not already so.

- --
   The Wanderer

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A government exists to serve its citizens, not to control them.
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