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minus-squareDigestive_Biscuit@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoWho uses handy? I’ve never heard that before. Now I’ve heard it I think we need to use handy and landy.
minus-squarebridgeburner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 days agoGermans do. And prolly german-speaking countries like Austria and Switzerland as well.
minus-squareLumpyPancakes@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 days agoYes, I heard that name for them on QI years ago. “Mein Handy” - though not sure if they spell it handy or handie.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoFun 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.
Who uses handy? I’ve never heard that before. Now I’ve heard it I think we need to use handy and landy.
Germans do. And prolly german-speaking countries like Austria and Switzerland as well.
Yes, I heard that name for them on QI years ago. “Mein Handy” - though not sure if they spell it handy or handie.
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.