The wiki editor of On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) rants in the weirdest of places.<p>[Incidentally, today these cards are sometimes referred to as "punch cards" (sic). This is wrong, they were always called "punched cards". Anyone who says "punch cards" is showing they know nothing about the subject. Saying "punch cards" is like saying "hike boots" or "walk stick" or "chew gum".]
In Canada it is (well, was) perfectly fine to call them "punch cards". See the UWaterloo user's reply as an example. I don't see what the big deal is.