Retronym: computer website

[W Brewer]

How about pc-website, inasmuch as pc is a generic term nowadays.


On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 7/22/2013 12:41 AM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
> >My thanks to everyone who disabused me!
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> >I had initially written "desktop website" but then deleted it
> >without ever checking for it.
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> >Last year, I replaced my aging desktop with a laptop. The word I
> >normally use for it is "computer," but it seems valid to refer to it
> >as a "desktop" in terms of what I use it for.
> >
> >Benjamin Barrett
> >Seattle, WA
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> Does it ever leave home without you?  (Or even with you?)
>
> Joel
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