The Concise Oxford English Dictionary has announced that the phrase “cassette tape” will no longer be in its pages, so we’ve assembled this ode to the little bits of plastic and mangetic film that did so much to define an era.
Feast your eyes on a gallery of classic ads for cassette tapes— not albums or artists but the medium itself— from the magazine archives of GoogleBooks.
(via newshour)
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I’m irritated by this; removing phrases from the dictionary as technology changes smacks of Big Brother-style...
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This makes me sad.
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This is kinda sad. =(
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Screw you, concise dictionaries! The cassette tape doesn’t need you! This is why one day I will have one of those...
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This is sad, but who reads the Consise Oxford English Dictionary anymore? Talk about the pot calling the kettle...
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