> First use of Walkie Talkie Name occurred in 1941: Don's quote ..."We also took two more C 18 sets to an enlistment drive in downtown Toronto where a Soldier walked about with a C 18 strapped to his uniform. A News Reporter asked him, "What does it do?" He replied, "Well you can talk with it, while you walk with it". So the reporter wrote in his newspaper there was a new invention on display, a "Walkie Talkie" and the name remained from then on."
That construction puts a tougher constraint on the pattern. That is, not only to the two words need to rhyme (even if forced) but one needs to do X while also doing Y.
For example, "Hacker News" might be "Hacky-Yaky"; a place to learn about hacky-things while yakking away in the comments.
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 16.2 ms ] thread> First use of Walkie Talkie Name occurred in 1941: Don's quote ..."We also took two more C 18 sets to an enlistment drive in downtown Toronto where a Soldier walked about with a C 18 strapped to his uniform. A News Reporter asked him, "What does it do?" He replied, "Well you can talk with it, while you walk with it". So the reporter wrote in his newspaper there was a new invention on display, a "Walkie Talkie" and the name remained from then on."
That construction puts a tougher constraint on the pattern. That is, not only to the two words need to rhyme (even if forced) but one needs to do X while also doing Y.
For example, "Hacker News" might be "Hacky-Yaky"; a place to learn about hacky-things while yakking away in the comments.