This has been bugging me

[PJMcK]

Why do the news reports and government officials all refer to "tapes" when discussing whether Trump has a recording system in the White House? Do they really mean reel-to-reel or cassette tapes? Today, nearly all recordings are made using digital technologies. They aren't "tapes," they're recordings.

Or has "tape" lost its actual meaning and now means anything recorded? After all, I still hear people refer to video recordings as "videotapes."

Sorry for the mini-rant about words.

[DetlefK]

1. Because Trump said "tapes".

[Jim Dandy]

2. Depends on what you mean by 'bugging'

[PJMcK]

6. Bad attempt a a pun

Sorry. (wink)

[underpants]

3. I still say "album" and "Xerox"

[DefenseLawyer]

4. I still refer to recordings as "tapes"

Even though no one has used actual tapes for years. It comes with being older than a certain age.

[ginnyinWI]

5. it's not literal any more.

Like we say "dial" a phone number, and rotary phones are long gone.

[Mike Nelson]

7. I accept "tapes" but not...

...literally, anymore. "Albums" once referred to an actual album of around six 78 RPM records. Kleenex means any nose tissue.

[politicaljunkie41910]

8. We get it you're a purist. My suggestion to you. In the age of Trump, you probably aren't doing

yourself and your heart any favors by getting bogged down in technicalities. Trump will drive us all to the E.R. or the cliff's edge with the big stuff, that we won't have time allowing ourselves to dwell on the small stuff; tapes vs. recordings. In a way, I wish that was the worse thing I had to contemplate from this administration, on a day to day basis.

[PJMcK]

9. You're right, of course

When Sarah Palin began her word salads, I thought Republicans had reached the bottom of the barrel. Oops. Thankfully, she never got her mitts on the levers of power. Now, however...

[Vinca]

10. They're only reporting what the POTUS said.

And he probably listens to them on his 8-track cassette player.