A timely thought
Apr. 28th, 2011 12:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sidAs the days of analog timepieces fade into history, will the directions "Turn clockwise to tighten" soon lose all meaning?
Will the expression persist, complete with scholarly footnotes and diagrams?
What could possibly replace it?
Any youngsters out there who can give a current status report?
And, just for fun, what other words or phrases can you think of that belong to the past but live on in the present? (It's late, and all I can think of right now is "Hold your horses!")
Will the expression persist, complete with scholarly footnotes and diagrams?
What could possibly replace it?
Any youngsters out there who can give a current status report?
And, just for fun, what other words or phrases can you think of that belong to the past but live on in the present? (It's late, and all I can think of right now is "Hold your horses!")
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Date: Apr. 28th, 2011 06:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: Apr. 28th, 2011 06:57 pm (UTC)(Hi, by the way. Great discussion/trivia topic!)
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Date: Apr. 28th, 2011 07:21 pm (UTC)