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“Emails” is a valid real-world variant in use by non-technical people. “Do you have each other’s emails?” is real and normal usage. It’s fine to “get off my l
by floatingatoll 7y ago
“Emails” is a valid real-world variant in use by non-technical people.
“Do you have each other’s emails?” is real and normal usage.
It’s fine to “get off my lawn” this, but it won’t help solve the data leak posted here.
- carapace 7y agoYeah, sure, in casual converstion, but in this case I read half the thing before it was clear what they meant, and it makes a big difference because leaking email addresses isn't the same thing as leaking emails, eh? (BTW I think it sucks you're getting hammered by downvotes FWIW I upvoted you just to counter balance them.)
- bouncycastle 7y agoI was quite confused at the begining of the article until realized they were talking about addresses.
- nmstoker 7y agoSure it's valid but that doesn't mean it's not ambiguous. All it would take is an initial clarification (once near the top) that they're using "email" to mean "email address" and not "email content" and then we can all give this the correct level of attention. I'm not for a moment suggesting this isn't bad but if you run about warning people of something important it helps to be clear and not risk exaggeration / ambiguity (or you play into downplayera hands and potentially waste the time of honest folk)
- appleflaxen 7y agosure; it's fine for colloquial use, but terrible for a headline where the term is ambiguous, and the more common meaning carries a more sensational implication (that is wrong).
- Torwald 7y ago^ this should not get downvoted.
- steerablesafe 7y agoThis usage shouldn't be encouraged. We don't have the same double meaning with snail mail. Why should we have it with email?
- gsich 7y agoDifference between written and spoken language. Also content matters. The title is plain wrong.