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Also, 'television' is not a word.
by derleth 14y ago
Also, 'television' is not a word.
- ZoFreX 14y agoWhat?
- derleth 14y agoIt's a barbarism, a mixing of Greek and Latin roots into the same word. Barbarisms are errors in usage. "'Television' is one of the most recent offspring of linguistic miscegenation." -- Leslie A. White, The Science of Culture, 1949 http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/barbarismterm.htm http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/barbarismterm.htm
- ZoFreX 14y agoIt's in the OED, that's good enough for me!