Today , we compare cliff banknote on the definitive novels we just ca n’t make it through , asked when we would finally be able to 3D print a wooly gigantic skeleton of our very own ( today ! ) , and weighed the truth of J.J. Abrams ’ number one darling peeve about futurist fabrication .
Inthis post , we looked at a quote fromJ.J. Abrams musing on the one thing that bothers him most about moving-picture show set in the future : the language . Will terms like severe drive and memory pickup ( or even the tech itself ) really still be hang around fifty or more year from now ?
https://gizmodo.com/j-j-abrams-pet-peeve-when-futuristic-stories-use-pre-1464478634
Turns out , perhaps !
It ’s not like we do n’t keep anachronous nomenclature around to refer to similar things that fulfill the same role . Language in reality does work that way . Cars no longer literally have a trunk strapped to them , but ( North American ) English speakers still call the repositing field in the back a torso . Or , to piece on British English , a torch ( flashlight ) is not what is historically called a Aaron’s rod ( I know this is shortened from “ electrical torch ” , but it still wait on to illustrate the decimal point ) . — raiju
We use plenteousness of disused phrase today . the great unwashed dial a sound , roll out down a railcar window , or sail the seas on a nuclear powered aircraft postman . — Spaceknight
I ’ve always loved that the “ save ” icon in many programme is still a 3.5″ floppy , when a lot of younger citizenry using computers may have never seen one . — Christopher Dunn
And , eventually , fromGrand Moff Talkin ’ , a Star Trek - themed doubt :
Does he entail like driving a 1968 Corvette , talking on a Nokia earpiece while hear to Beastie Boys ’ SABOTAGE ?
Touché .
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