It doesn't matter what those people used to say. The word "pixel" has (and had) a specific meaning that's not analogous to what goes on on the surface of a CRT;

It doesn't matter what those people used to say. The word "pixel" has (and had) a specific meaning that's not analogous to what goes on on the surface of a CRT; at least, not on the horizontal axis. If some people mistook the metal mask in front of the phosphor for a grid that separates individual pixels, then they were simply wrong.