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‘Handy’ comes from the WWII ‘handie talkie’, a transceiver small enough to hold in the hand¹, which followed the ‘walkie talkie’, a transceiver small enough to
by kps 7y ago
‘Handy’ comes from the WWII ‘handie talkie’, a transceiver small enough to hold in the hand¹, which followed the ‘walkie talkie’, a transceiver small enough to walk around with².
¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portable_radio_SCR536.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portable_radio_SCR536.png
² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scr300.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scr300.png
- marton78 7y agoI find that highly doubtful, since around 50 years passed between WWII and the advent of mobile phones. I heard that "handy" was some early model by Motorola.
- Izkata 7y agoMeanwhile, at least in the modern US, "walkie talkie" is the name of the handheld unit and "handie talkie" would get weird looks because it's not really known.
- detaro 7y agoSame in Germany when you're talking about radios.