Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - final patch

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.internationalization.english,gmane.linux.debian.devel.boot
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 9/18/19 12:00 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On 9/17/19 11:43 PM, Holger Levsen wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 11:37:39PM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>> Using "media" for a singular word just sounds weird for anyone knowing
>>> Latin.
>>
>> that's how many promille of the world population?
>>
>> also: using "handy" as a word for a mobile phone sounds weird for anyone
>> knowing English, yet, noone in Germany cares.
>>
>> 'installation media' is a real word in todays English, whether or
>> whether not your Latin knowledge disagrees.
> 
> What's the plural of media then? Medias?

> https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/media

noun

1) the mediatreated as singular or plural The main means of mass
    communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet)
    regarded collectively.‘their demands were publicized by the media’

2) plural form of medium

> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/media

media

Definition of media (Entry 3 of 4)

plural of medium
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