A poll! A poll!

[zanzjan]

[Poll #2050989]

Yes, this is trying to settle a point of pedantry. (Is there no greater cause?!) Assume for the exercise that the context is that you are an educational professional providing parents with a shopping list for start of school.

Thanks! :)

Comments

to be really precise...

[rolandgsl.livejournal.com]

...it would be either a "Ring Binder" or "Three Ring Notebook." Without the "three ring" modifier, it implies a spiral bound.

In general, I don't hear shorter versions because we have gonepaperless here and don't use either. It then becomes "it's in the e-room I don't have access to" or "let me email you a copy, it's probably out of date."

Re: to be really precise...

[zanzjan.livejournal.com]

Doesn't need to be that precise. Mostly I'm trying to determine if there's a legitimate regional variation in whether this would be called a notebook or a binder.

Re: to be really precise...

[tim boudreau (from livejournal.com)]

Notebook has become overloaded as a way of referring to laptops, so I'd expect "binder" to be even more likely.