Talk:Podium

Podium has also come to mean . . .

"Podium has also come to mean the object a speaker stands behind and sets papers or books upon, even when it is at floor level". No it hasn't, though a lectern is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a podium by some people they are two completely different things. No dictionary I've checked describes a podium as a lectern. Can the phrase be reworded to show that the term is used incorrectly rather than podium has come to mean lectern please. 124.187.183.192 (talk) 10:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC) Swampy.

It might be true that no dictionary you checked does this, but only if you checked no dictionaries. Oxford, Cambridge and Merriam-Webster all say that this is correct usage in North American English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:45:4F5E:6229:6D66:1F94:4B39:3091 (talk) 12:28, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Ah, Americans and their proud misuse of words...206.45.29.226 (talk) 16:37, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Only that these lonely online publishers with a 3rd grade understanding of proper, normative diction and grammar that give definition, rather than elaborate on current parlance or trends. Would not they have the wit to understand why, why? Did they copy each other's work? Again. Werwitl (talk) 03:08, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Needs work

THIS ARTICLE NEEDS WORK — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.28.180.30 (talk • contribs) on 18 March 2013