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Original name of the Sony Walkman (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 day ago by lime@feddit.nu to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Growing up, portable cassette players were always called "freestyles" here. I never knew it was a marketing thing, or that some other countries also objected to the naming.

this is "original research", which means i dicked around on the internet archive for half an hour. it may be wrong.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is fake news! It was always called "Tragbares Musikkassettenabspielgerät" in Germany.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 18 hours ago

the swedish language council tried to make it "bärspelare" as well, but to no avail