"camera-mounted drone"?

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Tue Nov 26 19:16:01 UTC 2013


At 11/26/2013 01:50 PM, Brian Hitchcock wrote:
>I might say "camera-equipped drone", or "camera-carrying drone".

I might too.  Although "camera-carrying drone" reminds me of the
first time I encountered "carry" in 18th-century writing in contexts
such as the camel that its exhibitor carried  from New-England to New York.

Joel

>There is
>also a shorter term "spy drone" that aptly conveys the photographic
>ability without explicitly mentioning a camera.

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org



More information about the Ads-l mailing list