#35777
07/18/2001 1:09 PM
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I saw this one for the first time today. What really surprised me is that it was written by a professional translator in a serious document.
So what's the verdict then people?
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#35778
07/18/2001 1:27 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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It's a trade name. http://www.ansaphone.com/De gustibus non carborundum est
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#35779
07/18/2001 1:38 PM
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I googled it up and found the firm named Ansaphone too, Faldage. But this guy seemed to use it as a general term for any answering machine. Something like this:
'If, upon arriving at work you find 20 messages on your ansaphone, then ....'
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#35780
07/18/2001 1:53 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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you find 20 messages on your ansaphone
Beats finding them scotch taped to your monitor. You'd probably have to take an aspirin, then.
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#35781
07/18/2001 1:58 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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The Brits in my circle customarily say "ansaphone" for what US'ns call an answering machine. Of course, until now, I thought they were saying "answer phone" and just ignoring the R, as is the Brit wont. In fact, maybe they *were and some genius decided to trademark the pronunciation.
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#35782
07/18/2001 5:49 PM
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veteran
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BY, making a brand name into a generic term is certainly nothing new. At the risk of yarting, one could mention Brillo, Kleenex, Vaseline, Coke, Spam right off the top of one's head, and that's only the U.S. ones.
*BTW, (pace AnnaS), is there anyone beside me who has a secret fondness for Spam? Closeted Spamlovers of the world, unite!
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#35783
07/18/2001 6:33 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Spamlovers of the world, unite!
And we will all meet in the Spam Lovers Capital of the World : HAWAI'I!
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#35784
07/18/2001 7:04 PM
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BYB asks the question that dare not ask itself: ...is there anyone beside me who has a secret fondness for Spam?
There's a sandwich spread, er, thread for that kind o' talk, Mister.
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#35785
07/18/2001 8:12 PM
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#35786
07/18/2001 10:18 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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, we ah non-rhotic, ahnt we Mrs Fulnah?Oh, you goofy thing, Maxie!  No, Sweetie, you ah sadly lacking in the 'ah' depahtment. (And I love it!) 
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#35787
07/19/2001 2:51 AM
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Spam lovers of the worldPlease see Monty Python's famous Spam Routine!
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#35789
07/20/2001 6:14 PM
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~Beats finding them scotch taped to your monitor.
Is scotch tape Scotch or is it named that because of the tartan on the packaging?
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#35790
07/20/2001 6:35 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Is scotch tape Scotch or is it named that because of the tartan on the packaging?
Or either vice versa, one.
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#35791
07/23/2001 10:50 AM
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Is scotch tape Scotch or is it named that because of the tartan on the packaging?
It doesn't taste like any of the whiskies to me, let alone Scotch.
Rod
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#35792
07/24/2001 2:33 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Is scotch tape Scotch or is it named that because of the tartan on the packaging?
It doesn't taste like any of the whiskies to me, let alone Scotch.
Rod, c'mere a minute, will you? I want to tartan you...
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#35793
07/24/2001 10:02 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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The Brits in my circle customarily say "ansaphone" for what US'ns call an answering machine. Of course, until now, I thought they were saying "answer phone" and just ignoring the R, as is the Brit wont. In fact, maybe they *were and some genius decided to trademark the pronunciation.We certainly use "answer phone" as a generic term, but the spelling has not, to my knowledge, formally degenerated to "ansa" as yet. And hopefully never will. Translation is one thing. Abomination is another. 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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