Hofstadter's friends Kelly and Dick called his home study an 'office' because in their household, the second-floor room with books, computers, and work materials was called a 'home office', which mapped perfectly to Hofstadter's room; Hofstadter called it his 'study' because his father's prototype had been called a study, not an office.
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“my friends Kelly and Dick were visiting...they kept on referring to my office...And I kept on thinking...And then I realized...they were talking about my study...In our house...we have a home office...you have on your top floor...And it maps perfectly. So, to them it was totally obvious that this was my office. And to me it was totally obvious that it was my study because I took my dad as my prime as my prototype. [54:23]”
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