Dead Language we still Use!

[AUSSIE-Rebooted-AMM]

No you are right Lou. . . .even kids programs tell them to tune in again. . . . .or next time. . . .great example!

[LOU]

What about the phrase "Tune in." None of us has to "tune" our TV's anymore, we just change the channel! LOL! Of course come to think of it, I haven't actually heard that phrase in a long time though so I don't know if it constitutes dead language that we "still use"...

[garagesale]

I still call it the Information Superhighway, even though everyone else INSISTS on calling it teh Internets.

JamesD

[LOU]

"Album" is still a correct term for Records, CDs, Tapes, or whatever because an Album is a collection of songs. If you were to say "Where is the new Rolling Stones LP or Record" it would be incorrect in regards to the format of CD.


BTW: Both my house phone and cell phone both still ring. I set my cell phone to "ring" instead of annoying digital music.

HA! Good point grayhank, I never knew that or thought about that. I was like the others in that I thought of an "album" as a record. Good point that makes sense! Now I won't feel so aged when I use the word "album" LOL!

[Mikey]

Same goes for New Jersey's Izod Center (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena and Continental Airlines Arena)

Most people still call it either Brendan Byrne Arena or Continental Airlines Arena.

[Mikey]

Here in Jersey we have an open air arena that was always called the "Garden State Arts Center" ........ In the 80's PNC Bank bought it and renamed it "PNC Bank Arts Center"

To this day, i've NEVER heard anyone refer to it as PNC Bank Arts Center

Poor PNC Bank ... nobody is calling it by your name - even 20 years later

[kingdom warrior]

Here in NYC, we still refer to the clerks at each subway station as "token booth clerks" even though coin tokens were phased out years ago and replaced with metrocards.

Yup when I go into the city i still say i gotta buy tokens...lol!

[darklord1967]

Here in NYC, we still refer to the clerks at each subway station as "token booth clerks" even though coin tokens were phased out years ago and replaced with metrocards.

[Mikey]

Same with English in a lot of cities in the United States.

American's that can't speak English is becoming a bigger and bigger problem here ...

[Gorn Captain]

Try speaking Dutch in your own capital (Brussels).
You'll immediately know you're speaking a dead language....

[Gorn Captain]

Dr. Who still has a phone box.
How outdated is that?

[Mikey]

Speaking of a broken record .... here's one.

A media/comedy trend started in the 90's and continuing into today is ....

The sound of a record needle scratching on a record when the comedy routine changes abruptly.

An example might be a guy in the bathroom pleasuring himself, and someone walks in on him --- suddenly that record scratching sound is played.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

I sometimes refer to the Fox Network as the DuMont.

I'm sure if you say "You sound like a broken record" to a kid who keeps repeating the same thing over and over again. That kid will probably not know what you mean.

Even though we own a digital camera I've caught both my wife and I asking something along the lines of "How much film do we have left?" referring to the amount of shots still available in the memory.

[saildog]

I sometimes refer to the Fox Network as the DuMont.

[Joe90]

"Turn the Channel" or "Change the Dial on the TV"

Don't touch that dial!