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Don Pearce[_3_] Don Pearce[_3_] is offline
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Default Will everyone stop saying tic

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:19:31 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
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I recently read that younger people are referring to
the way they input data on computers and phones


"Enter" data, not "input" it. Why create a new usage when existing words are
fine?


I have a problem with Enter too. It actually means to go into, not to
put something into. Insert would be more apposite.

d