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 From: dd-b@dd-b.net 
  
 andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid writes: 
  
 > My point is really simple: if we have a group called .dslr, then we 
 > should allow all digital SLRs.  It won't hurt, and it will at least be 
 > consistent. 
  
 But, as googling will easily show you, many people have argued over 
 whether those bridge cameras are actually what we mean when we say 
 "DSLR".  And I'd say the overwhelming opinion is that they're *not* 
 what we mean. 
  
 Etymology is not destiny; a word does not necessarily mean what an 
 analysis of its components would seem to suggest it would mean. 
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