speaking of retronyms

[Charles Doyle]

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

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>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

>
>(and indirectly of fur bikinis themselves)...
>
>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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