"the current practice may not be perfect but has obviously stood the test of time" has it stood the test of time? or is just an arbitrary choice that no one ha

"the current practice may not be perfect but has obviously stood the test of time" has it stood the test of time? or is just an arbitrary choice that no one has bothered to change? I'm sorry, it just seems like we're looking at spilled milk in the middle of the room saying, "well, it's been here since I walked into the room, obviously it's supposed to be here?" no we can just clean it up, no one's going to stop you it's actually super, super easy to change this: you just starting using the new term. You don't even need to get anyone else on board, everyone understands what the new term means (this isn't even like inventing a new word, it's just a rephrasing that's just easier for the speaker & listener). The goal isn't to get everyone to switch overnight. That's not how conventions are created nor how they spread. You just start doing the thing if it's useful to you. Whether it spreads beyond that is not up to you. My takeaway from the post is simply: hey, if you find this confusing, here's a much simpler way you can talk about it! I am personally going to start using this, and I am going to get immediate benefits from this, and so are my readers. That's it, that's all it takes.