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'Front facing'

Posted Aug 7, 2012 22:35 UTC (Tue) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359)
In reply to: 'Front facing' by rfunk
Parent article: The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet

But surely a "front facing" camera should "face" the "front", not "be on" the "front". A "front facing" camera that is "screen side" will face my front, so maybe what works. but a "Back-facing" camera doesn't face anyone's back ... unless I'm stuck in a queue. "Case side" works for me.

But that wouldn't be the only part of our delightful language which is back-to-front (Q: does English encourage you do view the future as in front of you, or behind you?)

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'backwards into the future'

Posted Aug 7, 2012 22:57 UTC (Tue) by sfeam (subscriber, #2841) [Link]

But there is a storm blowing from Paradise 
And the storm keeps blowing the angel backwards into the future 
And this storm, this storm is called Progress

- Laurie Anderson "The Dream Before"

'Front facing'

Posted Aug 8, 2012 9:26 UTC (Wed) by BlueLightning (subscriber, #38978) [Link]

But that wouldn't be the only part of our delightful language which is back-to-front (Q: does English encourage you do view the future as in front of you, or behind you?)

Depends, are you backward or forward-looking?

;)

'Front facing'

Posted Aug 8, 2012 9:29 UTC (Wed) by dark (subscriber, #8483) [Link]

When a meeting is "moved back" it usually means moved to a later date. When a meeting is "moved forward" it could go either way.