In a recent lesson teaching English to adults about time, I pointed to my wrist for the question "What time is it?" In perfect unison my students all reached into their pockets for their phones. It took me aback - will we still point to our wrists when no one wears a watch to know the time anymore? Is this gesture a skeuomorph?
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I'm not sure skeuomorph is the term you want. See this definition.
Maybe anachronism is the term you're asking about? Examples: calling an all-digital TV "the tube," referring to "clockwise" when most clocks are digital, saying the phone is "ringing" when it's playing your favorite ringtone (most of which sound nothing like a "ring"), and "dialing" a phone number.
I don't speak ASL, but I'm sure there are equivalents in gestures. Your example of pointing to the wrist would seem to qualify. So would holding up a thumb and pinky to your ear to suggest "call me."
Afraid Wiki is wrong about Station Wagon with imitation wood paneling. It's no more skeuomorph than an apple covered in chocolate, unless at one time all apples were chocolate.
There was an AWWW post where Grant gave the example of moving your fist in circle to tell motorist to roll down the window, except modern motorist only has a button to push.
Robert said
Afraid Wiki is wrong about Station Wagon with imitation wood paneling. It's no more skeuomorph than an apple covered in chocolate, unless at one time all apples were chocolate.There was an AWWW post where Grant gave the example of moving your fist in circle to tell motorist to roll down the window, except modern motorist only has a button to push.
Explain why you think the imitation wood is not a skeuomorph. There was a time when nearly all vehicles were made of wood. In the early 20th century there were vehicles similar to the station wagon with real wood on their sides. This imitation wood is not there to fool us but to make us think of how vehicles used to be made.
I remember when Grant gave the example you mentioned. I'm glad you brought it up because it is the same type of thing described in Noah's question. If Grant's example is a skeuomorph then so is Noah's. I can, however, see how this varies from the usual kind of skeuomorph.
Explain ? Already did.
at one time men had caves for dwelling. Does that make decorative stone house .. Maybe maybe not