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yellowcanine

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10. When I was a kid I wanted my mom to get me a set of walkie-talkies for Christmas.

Reply to Orrex (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:20 AM

Feb 2013

She wouldn't do it. I still don't know why. But the ones in the Monkey Ward catalog were probably cheap toys anyway and would have been a disappointment.

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Is "walkie" an anachronistic term? [View all] Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 OP

Unless they're called something else these days. kentauros Feb 2013 #1

In my whole life I have never heard the word "walkie" used to describe a "walkie-talkie" Orrex Feb 2013 #2

Erm... Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 #3

Walkie-talkie Orrex Feb 2013 #4

Relatively recent. Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 #5

Other than older movies discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #7

At least I was able to catch it in time for the first rejection! Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 #9

When I was a kid I wanted my mom to get me a set of walkie-talkies for Christmas. yellowcanine Feb 2013 #10

Didn't Julius Caesar use that term? "Weni, Widi, Walkie" yellowcanine Feb 2013 #6

Clever Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 #8

He also invented the salad, while we're at it. Orrex Feb 2013 #11