Re: iPod vs. Walkman (Keith, Alex, Dean . . . and everyone)

From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:06:19 -0000

Hm. What is the plural of "walkman" ?

1) walkman's
2) walkmans
3) walkmen
4) walksman
5) walksmen

John

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, jack Watt <jacks6cats@...> wrote:
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> Awesome! I still own three walkman's of varying quality--mainly because I need somewhere to play my Industrial Waist tape! lol Ah, those were the days. I can remember carrying a giant boom box around the promenade prior to the walkman. And now I have an Ipod. The Ipod is so much more user friendly!
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> Oh, holy shit; this is so cool:
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> http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/uk_news/ magazine/ 8117619.stm
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> "It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the
> tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the
> metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later
> I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types
> of cassette."
> Loves it. Coonsie: you want to loan the kid your film camera?
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