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Re:A sweary, ranty YouTuber who's become an isolation cookin... by rmason on Friday May 01, 2020 @04:03AM (#23040027)
Actually my grandfather had friends who spoke of the telephone as 'the blower' and I'm from Michigan. These would be guys mostly born in the 1880-1900 range.
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Re:A sweary, ranty YouTuber who's become an isolation cookin... by tomhoward on Friday May 01, 2020 @04:33AM (#23040179)
Yeah interesting. As I searched for references I found it originates from Britain.

This Quora thread has some interesting info: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-some-people-call-their-telephon...

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