Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2

MJ Ray <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.boot,gmane.linux.debian.internationalization.english
Message-ID <622961442.1568106137022.eu.faircode.email@localhost> 

Tue Sep 10 03:54:12 GMT+01:00 2019 David :
> For these reasons, I offer a bold suggestion:
> 
> Work towards eliminating the words "media" and "medium" everywhere,
> except where they cannot be avoided.
> 
> Prefer words like "installer device" or "installation device"
> wherever possible,
 
That seems like a reasonable idea but I strongly prefer "installation device". I have not looked up the reason, but "installer device" sounds very jarring to me as an English English first-language speaker.
 
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