SuperJail Warden wrote:
uziq wrote:
this is why america is a declining power and the chinese are going to run everything. you can't misuse an ideogram.
At least we can heat our homes. You people are going to be using your podiums to heat your homes in a month.
As funny as this side bit was, Americans still have to choose between food and medicine and can't even afford to be in the same room as a lectodium.
RTHKI wrote:
Sorry uzi the dictionary agrees that podium can be used when talking about a lectern
It seems I may have had it right (fw:
1).
OED, where uzique got the pic, refers to that use as a North Americanism, and
MW reinforces usage validity and links to another article about how words change meaning over time.
1unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Maybe it's an American thing? If you google "podium" you get results for lecterns, listed as "podium." Everyone's going to know what you're talking about when you say "podium" in reference to a lectern. I could have pointed out the technical error in my last post, but I'm not much for podantry.
America, where men are men and lecterns are podiums.
e: Incidentally, I remember people using "podium" that way since at least the 80s which gives that usage 30 some odd anecdotal years. Probably older, maybe much older.
Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2022-10-06 08:08:42)