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It seems that people used to say "listen to" and "hear" television, a holdover from radio, and that that gave way to "watch" and "see" over time. Has anyone any information on the timeline of this ...
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2023-06-19T19:11:10Z (11 months ago)
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It seems that people used to say "listen to" and "hear" television, a holdover from radio, and that that gave way to "watch" and "see" over time. Has anyone created a timeline of this change? Especially interesting would be such a timeline for specific dialects (or registers).
- It seems that people used to say "listen to" and "hear" television, a holdover from radio, and that that gave way to "watch" and "see" over time. Has anyone any information on the timeline of this change? Especially interesting would be such information for specific dialects (or registers).
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2023-06-19T19:09:52Z (11 months ago)
How did "listen to" TV become "watch"?
It seems that people used to say "listen to" and "hear" television, a holdover from radio, and that that gave way to "watch" and "see" over time. Has anyone created a timeline of this change? Especially interesting would be such a timeline for specific dialects (or registers).