Digestive_Biscuit comments on days of future past

days of future past (thelemmy.club)

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[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Who uses handy? I've never heard that before. Now I've heard it I think we need to use handy and landy.

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[–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Germans do. And prolly german-speaking countries like Austria and Switzerland as well.

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[–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago*

Yes, I heard that name for them on QI years ago. "Mein Handy" - though not sure if they spell it handy or handie.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Fun fact: the "walkie talkie" was the backpack radio (scr-300) in WWII, and the smaller handheld (scr-536) was the "handie talkie", but the former became the common phrase phrase used for handheld radios.

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