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assumptions assumptions
i hate arguing against assumptions

PST predates WoW by far, now is there an older MMO that only had tells in it?
Star Wars Galaxies has /tell only. For years didn't even have /reply nor could you click someones name to send a tell to them. Everytime you wanted to reply or send a tell you had to /tell johnboy. Man that was annoying.
Yes, it did. I played SWG up until I started playing WoW at its release, and even then I continued to play both simultaneously until SOE ruined the game. I was used to referring to "whispers" as tells, and even when some of my guildmates joked about the fact that "WoW isn't SWG" so "it's time to move on and use /w," I refused to make the adaption just because I was comfortable with using tells by this point. (Old habits die hard?)

Now...? I still call it a "tell" and not a "whisper." After four years my friends have finally accepted the fact that they aren't going to change my opinion, and rightly so. It really boils down to personal preference in the end, and no one has a right to dictate which method a player chooses as the game accommodates both options.
Yes what did? I too still refer to them as tells. When talking with freinds or at work I never say, "Let me whisper you something". I say, " Let me tell you something". lol. Whisper just sounds silly.