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I am willing to allow language to shift. But I have literally (in its original meaning!) never heard anyone but gw99 describe “pictures of myself taken by a by
by mercutio2 4y ago
I am willing to allow language to shift.
But I have literally (in its original meaning!) never heard anyone but gw99 describe “pictures of myself taken by a bystander” as a selfie.
I’ve taken a lot of posed photos of tourists with their own cameras, I don’t see why “the camera is now a phone” would make that phenomenon merge with the specific thing people do with the front facing camera.
“Me, posed at destination” seems like a wholly distinct phenomenon to me.
- zimpenfish 4y ago> I have literally (in its original meaning!) never heard anyone Well, the wandering nature of the word has been linguistically noted since at least 2014 by my knowledge[1]. Read more linguist blogs, I guess? [1] https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=11205 https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=11205
- mercutio2 4y agoFascinating! I wonder what subcultures of Americans use the word this way.