Talk:Misnomer/Archives/2010/October

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Radio

I would agree insofar as mostly - and of course wrongly - the receiver is called a radio and not (only) the transmitter. But this doesn't fit into your suggested category (older name being retained as the thing named evolved). 80.141.186.238 (talk) 16:20, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

I removed radio from the list. There are plenty of other examples. Cresix (talk) 17:08, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Source?

Under "Sources of misnomers", we find this:

"In the video game series "Donkey Kong", the main character represented is an ape & not an actual donkey."

I'd call that an example, wouldn't you? 75.118.170.35 (talk) 15:28, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

No, it's not a misnomer. Video game makers can name their games any way they wish. No one has claimed that a depiction of an ape is a donkey. Pac-Man does not portray a "man", and it doesn't represent a misnomer either. The examples for this article need to be clear and unequivocal because by consensus the number of examples is limited. If we add everyone's idea of what a misnomer might be, the article would go on endlessly. Cresix (talk) 15:36, 7 October 2010 (UTC)