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Reading this article reminded me of a song from my Spotify playlist: I've been thinkin' 'bout catchin' a train Leave my phone machine by the radar range "Hel
by rob74 2y ago
Reading this article reminded me of a song from my Spotify playlist:
I've been thinkin' 'bout catchin' a train
Leave my phone machine by the radar range
"Hello, it's me, I'm not at home
If you'd like to reach me, leave me alone"
(https://genius.com/Sheryl-crow-a-change-would-do-you-good-lyrics https://genius.com/Sheryl-crow-a-change-would-do-you-good-ly...)
So she's singing about the phone [answering] machine by the microwave - that makes much more sense now (actually the Genius Lyrics site also has a "footnote" on that, but I haven't looked it up before). Is "RadaRange" a genericized trademark in (parts of) the US, same as "Xerox machine"?
Reminds me of a similar revelation I had long ago, when I discovered the trademark Frigidaire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigidaire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigidaire), which (I assume) is the origin of to the Romanian word for refrigerator (https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigider https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigider).
- joezydeco 2y agoIs "RadaRange" a genericized trademark in (parts of) the US, same as "Xerox machine"? It might have been in the early days, but it's not anymore. Americans just say "microwave". I would hazard to guess that "radarange" was a good enough rhyme for Sheryl and that was it.