What Phrases Commonly Used Today Are Derived From Obsolete Technologies?
5th May 2016
As someone who grew up with most of these ‘obsolete’ technologies, they don’t surprise me. What surprises me is to appreciate how much grown adults today don’t have experience with, say, a dial telephone. (And, as someone who has hand-set lead type, I find ‘uppercase’ and ‘lowercase’ more familiar than most.)