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Message: 6471

Author: andrewbroad

Date: 17/09/2008

Subject: Re: The noun "teleport" vs "teleporter"

 

equin0x80 wrote:

"teleport" should only be used as a verb.
"teleporter" is the noun for one who teleports, or for the device
used to teleport.

A lot of dictionaries don't seem to have either noun form (e.g.
Chambers 2005, Merriam-Webster). However, both are commonly used.
I doubt there's any evidence that "a teleport" is an error.

The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) has two definitions of
"teleport" as a noun:
(1) a centre providing interconnections between different forms of
telecommunications, especially one which links satellites to ground-
based communications. [ORIGIN: 1980s: originally the name of such a
centre in New York.]
(2) an act of teleporting.

So I stand by my recommendation of using "teleporter" as the noun for
a teleportation-device, even though "teleporter" isn't defined in the
NODE.

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