My instinct is to use the word Podium (which is what I searched for), but I'm not sure if readers will know what that is. It's not really important enough to the story to describe with more than a word or two, but I also don't want to leave readers scratching their heads. It's important because it's in a place where you wouldn't expect one to be.
The dictionary I consulted said a podium was like a stage or dais--a platform, not the stand thing that speakers use to hold their notes.
Any thoughts?
Posted by lehollis (Member # 2883) on :
Never mind, I found it. It's a Lectern. That works, anyway.
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Posted by WouldBe (Member # 5682) on :
Yep, a podium. I think the word is widely known. In a church it's usually called a "pulpit." "Speaker's platform" seems okay, too.
Posted by Rick Norwood (Member # 5604) on :
A podium is something the speaker stands on (think podiatry -- feet). A little table for the speaker is a lectern. You can put your lecture notes on one. A podium is usually not enclosed like a pulpit. If I found a lectern in an unexpected place, say on the surface of a neutron star, I'd assume Asimov had been there.
[This message has been edited by Rick Norwood (edited September 13, 2007).]
Posted by hoptoad (Member # 2145) on :
it's a lectern, now don't go back and change your post as if you'd found out already.