Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml · 1 year agoAm i the only one who thinks that using "Google it" instead of "search it" or "look it up" is problematic?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareAm i the only one who thinks that using "Google it" instead of "search it" or "look it up" is problematic?Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml · 1 year agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
There are so many search engines out there and even chat bots to get info from. I refuse to let Google monopolize an action.
minus-square🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoIt’s not the first time — plenty of people still use “Xerox” to mean copy even if they obviously are not referring to a machine made by Xerox
minus-squareShrike502@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoIn Russian, it’s a generally used term “xerox it” (“отксерить”) for when you need to copy some papers
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoIn Poland it’s called “ksero” all the time even though most people never even heard about the Xerox company
minus-squareButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s really interesting actually, funny how languages evolve that way
It’s not the first time — plenty of people still use “Xerox” to mean copy even if they obviously are not referring to a machine made by Xerox
In Russian, it’s a generally used term “xerox it” (“отксерить”) for when you need to copy some papers
In Poland it’s called “ksero” all the time even though most people never even heard about the Xerox company
That’s really interesting actually, funny how languages evolve that way