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Re:Eagle Cash by howlgarnish on Friday January 01, 2021 @07:29AM (#25602804)
The word "media" has become shorthand for "communications media". While correct in the original Latin, trying to use "media" as the plural for "medium" in any other context in English is jarring.
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Re:Eagle Cash by Youden on Saturday January 02, 2021 @10:40AM (#25613487)
That's just one context. "Media" and "medium" are common in other situations. For example:

- "A hard drive is one of the many storage media available for computers.", "Blu-ray is an optical storage medium".

- "This work of art is mixed-media", "the medium for this work is acrylic on canvas".

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Re:Eagle Cash by gioscarab on Friday January 01, 2021 @07:44AM (#25602875)
The word medium identifies a mean of communication. The commenter uses it to identify a mean of exchanging value. IMHO the word was both misused and misspelled.
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Re:Eagle Cash by howlgarnish on Friday January 01, 2021 @07:53AM (#25602918)
"Medium of exchange" is standard terminology in economics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_of_exchange

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Re:Eagle Cash by gioscarab on Friday January 01, 2021 @08:02AM (#25602958)
You are right! So just misspelled :)
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