Honestly, the Rocket Girls/IDoJ cross also should include a point along the lines of what modern "Makers" do in regards to old technology. You know, the guys who buy a steam engine kit and make it do things the engineers way back in the day never dreamed of. And yet, they probably couldn't do it if not for the Century of tech journals dealing with Steam engines...
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll