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Podium/lectern
An associate of mine referred to the stand he was speaking at as a "podium." I asked him if he didn't mean "lectern" as "podium" refers to a platform. He claims that the term "podium" can be used nowadays to refer to a stand and he later told me that his home dictionary (I don't know the name of the dictionary) bore out his usage of "podium" to refer to a stand as acceptable. The dictionaries I own do not support this usage and I was wondering how prevalent the usage of "podium" as "stand" has become.
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" I asked him if he ... [/nq] Sounds fine to me. The AHD gives: "2.
- " I asked him if he ...
- [/nq] Sounds fine to me.
- The AHD gives: "2.
- " Peter
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[nq:1]An associate of mine referred to the stand he was speaking at as a "podium." I asked him if he ... own do not support this usage and I was wondering how prevalent the usage of "podium" as "stand" has become.[/nq]
Sounds fine to me. The AHD gives: "2. a stand for holding the notes of a public speaker; a lectern."
Peter
Sounds fine to me. The AHD gives: "2. a stand for holding the notes of a public speaker; a lectern."
Peter
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[nq:1]to refer to a stand as acceptable. The dictionaries I own do not support this usage and I was wondering how prevalent the usage of "podium" as "stand" has become.[/nq]
Fewer and fewer people seem to even know the word "lectern." I can't even remember the last time I heard it called a lectern when I wasn't the one calling it that.
Dena Jo
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Fewer and fewer people seem to even know the word "lectern." I can't even remember the last time I heard it called a lectern when I wasn't the one calling it that.
Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
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(Sans crossposting. Crossposting is bad, m'kay?)
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} Sounds fine to me. The AHD gives: "2. a stand for holding the notes of a } public speaker; a lectern."
That'd be AHD3 or worse. AHD doesn't have that. Ask Aaron. Look to AHD3 and MW3 for sympathy, not for word usage.
R. J. Valentine
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} Sounds fine to me. The AHD gives: "2. a stand for holding the notes of a } public speaker; a lectern."
That'd be AHD3 or worse. AHD doesn't have that. Ask Aaron. Look to AHD3 and MW3 for sympathy, not for word usage.
R. J. Valentine
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[nq:1]An associate of mine referred to the stand he was speaking at as a "podium." I asked him if he ... own do not support this usage and I was wondering how prevalent the usage of "podium" as "stand" has become.[/nq]
The manager at a Denny's referred to it as a "podium" while speaking to a group of people; I took him aside and explained the distinction, whereupon he said "It says podium in t
The manager at a Denny's referred to it as a "podium" while speaking to a group of people; I took him aside and explained the distinction, whereupon he said "It says podium in t
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[nq:1]He claims that the term "podium" can be used nowadays to refer to a stand and he later told me ... own do not support this usage and I was wondering how prevalent the usage of "podium" as "stand" has become.[/nq]
Prevalent enough. "Podium" is longer than "stand", sounds less English than either "stand" or "counter", and until very recently was unknown to part of the population, m
[nq:1]He claims that the term "podium" can be used nowadays to refer to a stand and he later told me ... own do not support this usage and I was wondering how prevalent the usage of "podium" as "stand" has become.[/nq]
Prevalent enough. "Podium" is longer than "stand", sounds less English than either "stand" or "counter", and until very recently was unknown to part of the population, m
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[nq:1]An associate of mine referred to the stand he was speaking at as a "podium." I asked him if he ... own do not support this usage and I was wondering how prevalent the usage of "podium" as "stand" has become.[/nq]
Perhaps the confusion started because a lectern is usually mounted on a shallow podium. I've heard "podium" used in the UK for the large display stands at an exhibition, but it
Perhaps the confusion started because a lectern is usually mounted on a shallow podium. I've heard "podium" used in the UK for the large display stands at an exhibition, but it
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All the world is a podium.
Ron Hardin
On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
Ron Hardin
On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
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On 28 Oct 2003 03:15:10 GMT, Dena Jo
[nq:2]to refer to a stand as acceptable. The dictionaries I ... how prevalent the usage of "podium" as "stand" has become.[/nq]
[nq:1]Fewer and fewer people seem to even know the word "lectern." I can't even remember the last time I heard it called a lectern when I wasn't the one calling it that.[/nq]
Perhaps these fewer and fewer people know it but
[nq:2]to refer to a stand as acceptable. The dictionaries I ... how prevalent the usage of "podium" as "stand" has become.[/nq]
[nq:1]Fewer and fewer people seem to even know the word "lectern." I can't even remember the last time I heard it called a lectern when I wasn't the one calling it that.[/nq]
Perhaps these fewer and fewer people know it but
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[nq:2]He claims that the term "podium" can be used nowadays ... how prevalent the usage of "podium" as "stand" has become.[/nq]
What does rostrum mean now?
What does rostrum mean now?
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[nq:1]What does rostrum mean now?[/nq]
As far as I've heard, dais is the word most commonly used in India to mean an elevated part of a room where a speaker stands. I can't seem to remember what (if any) term Indians used to refer to a lectern. I can't seem to remember a specific occasion on which I heard "rostrum", but I must have heard it in India since I knew the term without looking up a d
As far as I've heard, dais is the word most commonly used in India to mean an elevated part of a room where a speaker stands. I can't seem to remember what (if any) term Indians used to refer to a lectern. I can't seem to remember a specific occasion on which I heard "rostrum", but I must have heard it in India since I knew the term without looking up a d
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