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I think that's because rabbit was slang for antennae in general, due to rabbit-ears TV antennae.
by closewith 3y ago
I think that's because rabbit was slang for antennae in general, due to rabbit-ears TV antennae.
- orangewindies 3y agoIsn't the term "rabbit ears" more of an American thing? Can't recall anyone using it in the UK.
- DonHopkins 3y agoIt was a missed branding opportunity to make the Rabbit mobile phone with a pair of rabbit ears antenna.
- closewith 3y agoNot sure about the UK, but was common in Ireland.
- fredoralive 3y agoI think the Rabbit name was chosen more because rabbit can be used as slang for talk and chatter, you might say some people were “rabitting away together” and so on if they were conversing at length[1]. In the UK most portable TVs used halo type antennas for reception AFAIk, this might be related to the UK only using UHF for 625 line colour TV (and digital)[2] whilst the US also uses VHF. The main living room TV was / is usually fed from a roof mounted yagi antenna though. [1] Just don’t use the phase “at it like rabbits” to mean conversations. Unless you mean Ugandan discussions… [2] VHF was used for the old 405 line system, which was turned off in the ‘80s.
- Steve44 3y ago> I think the Rabbit name was chosen more because rabbit can be used as slang for talk and chatter There was a 1981 song in the UK by Chas & Dave called Rabbit which was about people endlessly rabbiting on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGNojF9qKS0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGNojF9qKS0 edit as I see this has been posted further down.