speaking of retronyms

[Laurence Horn]

>Which seems at variance with the well-established notion of "air waves."
>
>--Charlie

Yes, it's a slightly expanded, neighborhood notion of "terrestrial".

LH

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>>Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 13:27:45 -0500
>>From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>>Subject: speaking of retronyms
>>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>>(and indirectly of fur bikinis themselves)...
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>>In today's NYT (Arts section, E1), Howard Stern (of "Private Parts"
>>fame), whose radio show moved to Sirius Satellite Radio a year ago
>>today, has much to say on the glories of working uncensored on
>>satellite rather than on what he refers to several times as
>>"terrestrial radio".  The subhead on E7 quotes his remark
>>
>>'I would never go back
>>to terrestrial radio.
>>This is it for me.'
>>
>>LH
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