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I'd contend the name of the thing is now actually "Daylight Savings Time" instead of "Daylight Saving Time" as it was originally put into law. Language is desc
by gte910h 15y ago
I'd contend the name of the thing is now actually "Daylight Savings Time" instead of "Daylight Saving Time" as it was originally put into law.
Language is descriptive. If everyone calls a thing X, it is, by definition, called X.
- dlsspy 15y ago"Everybody" disagrees with you: https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=daylight+savings+time https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#...
- gte910h 15y agoYou're saying google's tendency to correct words spelling to ones it looks up in its entire database of text is conclusive evidence on modern usage of a word? I'd say it's suggested search complete is probably more indicative about what "Everyone" is expecting when they type that term: http://i.imgur.com/LqsSS.png http://i.imgur.com/LqsSS.png <= Picture of what autocomplete shows you