Words you don't hear very often any more
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:51 pm
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Words you don't hear very often any more
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Re: Words you don't hear very often any more
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:58 pm
Linoleum.
Re: Words you don't hear very often any more
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:59 pm
Sent a book to a lovely lady today, her first name was Mertle.
She said you only see that now in the funeral notices.
Bob
She said you only see that now in the funeral notices.
Bob
Re: Words you don't hear very often any more
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:00 pm
Disco !!!
RAMP
RAMP
Re: Words you don't hear very often any more
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:11 pm
Wireless (referring to a radio rather than broadband)
Re: Words you don't hear very often any more
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:11 pm
record
Re: Words you don't hear very often any more
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:12 pm
Girth
Girt (as in girt by sea) I had some kids say on the weekend, That’s a dumb word what does it mean?
TTFN
Girt (as in girt by sea) I had some kids say on the weekend, That’s a dumb word what does it mean?
TTFN
Re: Words you don't hear very often any more
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:19 am
Comptometers - Key driven (mechanical) calculators
Comptometrists (who worked in accounting firms) would complain that the electronic calculators were too slow ...
They would enter figures faster than the calculator could process - TRUE ...
Can you imagine, your old granny outrunning a computer ...
Comptometrists (who worked in accounting firms) would complain that the electronic calculators were too slow ...
They would enter figures faster than the calculator could process - TRUE ...
Can you imagine, your old granny outrunning a computer ...
Re: Words you don't hear very often any more
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:05 am
'Please'
Not heard as often as it should be.
and 'Thank You' as well
Not heard as often as it should be.
and 'Thank You' as well
Re: Words you don't hear very often any more
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:08 am
I thought Girt was Mertle's sister - and together they could outrun any old comptometer.
Spatchcock
(thank-you for slipping that in Zondrae )
Spatchcock
(thank-you for slipping that in Zondrae
)