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Do You Miss Knobs and Dials and Switches?
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In the 21st Century, we have all learned to be word-shy.
Mono-syllabic talk is in, even if tweets under 140 characters are out!
I would believe you if you tell me that attention spans in 2025 are now measured in milliSeconds.
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ADD: To stay on topic, I produce 2 knobby hardware, I've previously owned:
In cahoots with McIntosh MC275 (and few Adcom amps), Technics SL1200M2, Luxman T-2, these made it possible for us to have driving tunes in the 1970s and 1980s, before the RedBook.
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I have no idea but you sure don't express yourself like we do.In the 21st Century, we have all learned to be word-shy.
Mono-syllabic talk is in, even if tweets under 140 characters are out!
Word shy?
Another term that I have never heard.
And I can't say that I know anyone that is. I do know a few people who, if they are awake they are talking.
And when you ask them "Did you say something to me?'
(Because I am in another room, talking on the phone [yes, a landline).
And they say "No, I was just wondering out loud."
I'm not changing my lingo for you (or anyone else).TL&DR >> How about "I dropped my phone!" [not landline, not cellphone, and not smartphone]
If you don't understand my lingo, please ask me.
If I don't understand yours, I'll do the same.
People use different words differently all over the world.
Maybe where I am, the language will evolve the way you want it to.
Maybe not.
You used the term cahoots.
That is not in common usage here. But was when I was a kid.
It's certainly not something that I have heard since I was a kid, over 50 years ago.
But I didn't try to tell you "don't use that, that's not the way we talk".
Otherwise, let's get back to the OP's question.
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I just call mine my mobile.
Waxx
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In Belgium (both Dutch and French speaking) we call it mostly a GSM, referring to the old 2G standard in Europe, but it became the name of the phone itself.
And in French French it's often called "un portable" (a portable), which in Belgian French actually means a laptop (so a lot of confusion when you work in IT for both countries like I do).
And in French French it's often called "un portable" (a portable), which in Belgian French actually means a laptop (so a lot of confusion when you work in IT for both countries like I do).
"Cahoots" as in conspiring to engage in illegal activities.
Yeah, the specific hardware complement (I mentioned) were in collusion to pilfer music both from the airwaves and/or pre-recorded media (i.e. LPs/cassettes) for our college/party van's need for 'driving tunes'. Back then, we were too young/ignorant of IP-theft that the digital music media had brought with it (circa late 1980s).
Walking like a duck and talking like one must not be one of my virtues. Perhaps my multi-lingual background is to blame for pushing/flexing the linguistic limits that you are more comfortable with.
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Better to be in cahoots than in cheroots*.
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* Or, possibly, even to be out of cheroots -- although, in this day & age, they're not very fashionable.
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* Or, possibly, even to be out of cheroots -- although, in this day & age, they're not very fashionable.
Is that your treasured stash of beef jerky, hidden inside a cigar box?Better to be in cahoots than in cheroots*.
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* Or, possibly, even to be out of cheroots -- although, in this day & age, they're not very fashionable.
ADD: Now, you just did what I got accused of; using a word
"I didn't know that! [imitating that Smothers brother.]
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Funny you should mention that. There's a pouch (on topic - not in a cigar box) in our pantry containing a small quantity of Kobe beef jerky that I brought back from Japan -- ca. 40 years ago. Regrettably, this is absolutely true.
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Push button, switch or knob operated?
[my first AI generated image. woot! 9 seconds @~1Wh?]
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Here it's a 'dog' or a 'blower.'
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I too am multi-lingual."Cahoots" as in conspiring to engage in illegal activities.
Yeah, the specific hardware complement (I mentioned) were in collusion to pilfer music both from the airwaves and/or pre-recorded media (i.e. LPs/cassettes) for our college/party van's need for 'driving tunes'. Back then, we were too young/ignorant of IP-theft that the digital music media had brought with it (circa late 1980s).
Walking like a duck and talking like one must not be one of my virtues. Perhaps my multi-lingual background is to blame for pushing/flexing the linguistic limits that you are more comfortable with.
I was a translator for the Porsche Factory (English/German), my mother is Austrian & her father was Italian, so I know some Italian, my wife and my son have Chinese as their native language (so you do not have to guess that my wife made sure I know some of that), I spent 4 to 6 months of every year between 2003 & 2017 in Korea, so I know some of that & I took two years of French. And I understand but do not speak Gullah & Cajun.
Oh, I forgot: having been through the Panama Canal 14 times (7 each way), I speak a bit of Spanish & Portuguese.
Any other ridiculousness?
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If you're in the right place, you could sell them. Got cousins from up that way.Better to be in cahoots than in cheroots*.
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* Or, possibly, even to be out of cheroots -- although, in this day & age, they're not very fashionable.
Maxwell...
But I think that you were looking at what was in between the shoe & the phone.
Anyway, now we have the Dick Tracy phones. They are not as sexy.
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