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Topic - When and why did "loudspeaker" become "speaker" ? - Ole Lund Christensen 00:27:35 07/22/12 (38)

LMFAO... - Presto 11:50:05 07/23/12 (0)

Condensor became capacitor - Alpha Al 07:41:24 07/23/12 (0)

Loudspeaker become speaker - Sumflow 21:04:59 07/22/12 (0)

How about: 'F'or 'U'nlawful 'C'arnal 'K'nowledge?? and then turn into:WTF? (rotflmao) nt - Elizabeth 17:22:57 07/22/12 (5)

Actually, it's origin is Middle English derived from Germanic and Latin from at least the 15th century. :-) - cfb 08:23:36 07/23/12 (3)

Nope, probably Saxon/Germanic lots of other European languages - Timbo in Oz 15:12:38 07/23/12 (2)

Well, there are the following articles on the subject, from Snopes and the Straight dope - cfb 17:04:01 07/23/12 (1)

As I posted it's a - very - old word. - Timbo in Oz 17:21:11 07/23/12 (0)

Oh beHAVE, Lizzie. :-)) nt - andyr 19:32:07 07/22/12 (0)

So you worship stadium speakers? nt - tinear 17:10:39 07/22/12 (0)

When did "Sir" become 'Dude' or 'Madame' become 'Dude' for that matter...? - Elizabeth 15:39:17 07/22/12 (2)

RE: When did "Sir" become 'Dude' or 'Madame' become 'Dude' for that matter...? - esande 22:05:02 07/24/12 (0)

RE: When did "Sir" become 'Dude' or 'Madame' become 'Dude' for that matter...? - pictureguy 23:33:32 07/22/12 (0)

Now that I think of it, when did "pickup" become "cartridge"? - 1973shovel 14:08:46 07/22/12 (0)

Really wasn't enough space above for "loudspeaker(s)"... - musetap 12:51:01 07/22/12 (0)

Ole, let me 'splain* something, - M3 lover 11:06:38 07/22/12 (0)

The more uppity say transducer (nt) - Craiger56 08:57:24 07/22/12 (1)

har·rumph - Kloss 09:43:57 07/22/12 (0)

Some loudspeakers are louder than others - genungo 08:51:10 07/22/12 (0)

What about "reproducer"? - DeKay 08:46:01 07/22/12 (0)

Some time after "Loudspeaking Telephone" went out of fashion... - Topper 08:17:51 07/22/12 (0)

Loudspeaker is still used but I miss squawker the most - Kloss 07:57:16 07/22/12 (5)

RE: "then all went down hill." - 1973shovel 08:15:52 07/22/12 (4)

Stero came later - Sumflow 11:04:55 07/26/12 (0)

Hi-Fi was first - Sumflow 11:02:38 07/26/12 (0)

RE: Midrange Horn Drivers are still call sqawkers, - Mechans 10:02:37 07/23/12 (0)

RE: "then all went down hill." - Kloss 08:26:02 07/22/12 (0)

For the Same Reason the "Telephone" Became "Phone"............ [nt] - Todd Krieger 00:57:29 07/22/12 (10)

And carriage became car. (nt) - mark111 09:56:58 07/22/12 (1)

RE: And carriage became car. (nt) - josh358 18:54:22 07/24/12 (0)

Television became TV, and no text became NT (NT) - 1973shovel 06:41:57 07/22/12 (0)

RE: For the Same Reason the "Telephone" Became "Phone"............ [nt] - The Heretic 01:15:37 07/22/12 (6)

RE: For the Same Reason the "Telephone" Became "Phone"............ [nt] - Inmate51 09:20:53 07/22/12 (0)

I did intend this to be fun on a Sunday, so I used :-) - Ole Lund Christensen 03:24:11 07/22/12 (4)

RE: I did intend this to be fun on a Sunday, so I used :-) - rick_m 06:50:41 07/22/12 (3)

RE: I did intend this to be fun on a Sunday, so I used :-) - Kloss 08:02:56 07/22/12 (2)

RE: I did intend this to be fun on a Sunday, so I used :-) - Inmate51 16:30:18 07/22/12 (0)

RE: I did intend this to be fun on a Sunday, so I used :-) - rick_m 08:53:12 07/22/12 (0)

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