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> A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phone book "Phone[ ]book" is the 12th word on the page you linked, and descr
by tweetle_beetle 6y ago
> A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phone book
"Phone[ ]book" is the 12th word on the page you linked, and described there as a synonym to "directory". There's no need to be that pedantic.
- eternalban 6y agoIt is not "pedantic", rather literate, to note the word directory instead of grasping for DNS. "A telephone book was a directory for telephone numbers" is clear and accurate. Unless knowing what the word "directory" means is asserted to be the domain of pedants. "By providing a worldwide, distributed directory service, the Domain Name System has been an essential component of the functionality of the Internet since 1985." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System
- xnyan 6y ago>It is not "pedantic" It's quite pedantic. I'm the same way, here's an interpersonal relationship tip I've had to learn: If someone calls you an asshole, you can't say "No, I've thought about it and you're wrong, you don't really think I'm an asshole." Well, you can say that, but it just makes you come off as even more of an asshole.
- jessaustin 6y agoThat escalated quickly.
- eternalban 6y agoIt's comedy gold. Rather innocently I stepped through a worm hole and now find myself on the set of "Idiocracy - part d'oh!"