The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoWhich word do you dislike most?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareWhich word do you dislike most?The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·17 hours ago“Walkie-Talkie” Its a “Handheld Transceiver” ffs, who the fuck gave it such a stupid name lmfao Is a Telephone a “Chit-y-Chat-y”? A computer a “Beep-ie-Boop-ie”?
minus-squareTaco2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 minutes agoAnd who would ever use a childish word like “movie”? It’s called a moving picture.
minus-squareThe House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoIf you want to go deeper about that word: The earliest known use of the noun walkie-talkie is in the 1930s. OED’s earliest evidence for walkie-talkie is from 1939, in the San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Texas). walkie-talkie
“Walkie-Talkie”
Its a “Handheld Transceiver” ffs, who the fuck gave it such a stupid name lmfao
Is a Telephone a “Chit-y-Chat-y”? A computer a “Beep-ie-Boop-ie”?
And who would ever use a childish word like “movie”? It’s called a moving picture.
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If you want to go deeper about that word:
The earliest known use of the noun walkie-talkie is in the 1930s.
OED’s earliest evidence for walkie-talkie is from 1939, in the San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Texas).
walkie-talkie