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'Computatrulum' is really not better. But if it's all we have a source for, oh well. The one google hit for [[google:computatellum|computatellum]] is from the Nuntii Latini forum where they discuss using it for 'calculator'. (I wouldn't have given a laptop a diminutive name myself; but then, my first desktop computers were not big towers like those you get nowadays...) —[[Usor:Mycēs|Mucius Tever]] 02:06, 7 Maii 2008 (UTC)
:Traupman uses machinula calculatoria for calculator. However, I wouldn't want to insist on computatrulum or anything else if we feel strongly that it violates our good sense. I guess there are two questions you have raised. What is the proper diminutive for computatrum? Should we use a diminutive for a laptop or for a calculator? --[[Usor:Rafaelgarcia|Rafaelgarcia]] 07:02, 7 Maii 2008 (UTC)
::Well, the proper diminutive for nouns in -trum should be in -tellum (the examples of rostellum, plostellum, and canistellum already given, and others, suggest this). As for what it should be used for, well, even if one discounts calculators, one still has subnotebooks and handheld computers to deal with... —[[Usor:Mycēs|Mucius Tever]] 21:35, 7 Maii 2008 (UTC)
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