On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 12:49:53 PM Daniel Barclay wrote: > How do people not understand that the word "forum" does not exclude e-mail > or even non-digital communication (that "forum" does not mean only a > web-based forum)?
What word would you suggest be used for the things that people do call forums but excluding email / maillists? I feel the need to distinguish those -- I like email for communication, I don't like the web based things that are often called forums. > > (It's like thinking "turf" means "artificial turf"--as did some local > newscasters who reported that some schools were changing their athletic > fields from turf back to grass. Huh?)
