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Some family friends from Asia came over and called the VCR a "video machine".
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I call all VCRs ''VCRs'' even if they don't record.
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I have an idea then. Why don't we write some kind of petition to some linguistics
board in the U.S or U.K to introduce a new word for a device that doesn't record.
We could argue that in order to make our reality more logical we should start from
language.
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How about we just call a VCR that doesn't record an ''el-cheapo-breako'', similar
to the name of the kind of car. No, why don't they just stop making VCRs that don't
record.
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Also, What does the acronym ''DVD'' really stand for? Does it stand for ''digital
video disc'' or ''digital versatile disc''?
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I don't think non-recording VCRs are made anymore, and DVD stands for "digital video
disc".
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DVD originally stood for "digital versatile disc." My father worked in consumer
electronics back in the early '90s, and he would rave about a new invention called
"digital versatile disc" that would "revolutionize the home video and computer software
market."
Most people assume DVD stands for "digital video disc," and now it's become the commonly
accepted definition.
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All new computers have a DVD-ROM drive. Floppy disks are dying out.
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