[ih] 'internet' and "Internet" (fwd)

[John Day]

They aren’t kings of the language either.

English doesn’t have an Academy. It is determined by usage. So we should use it as we see fit.

We have as much right to tell the world how to use it as they do. To some degree, more.

> On Aug 8, 2023, at 12:15, John R. Levine via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2023, Clem Cole wrote:
>> John, in all respect to your observation and desire, you have a nice idea;
>> but I believe that  history has shown it does not work that way.
>> In fact, while Noel points out the media like the AP, is misusing the
>> terms;
> 
> They're not misusing the term, they're reminding us that we don't get to tell the world what to do, nor what the definition of a word (or Word) is.
> 
>> FWIW:  this is hardly the first or only time when the media as well
>> as members of society have taken a term and implied something different
>> than what it actually means.
> 
> See above.  It would be nice if we were lingustic kings of the world, but we're not.  As I said before, we're not going to impress anyone or make any friends by insisting that we are.
> 
> So what's a snappy term for a private group of IP networks?  Intranet is alrady taken.
> 
> R's,
> John
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