Originally published at: If the person who named Walkie-Talkies named other things too | Boing Boing
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The term was originally applied to the SCR-300, a backpack radio from WWII. The handheld SCR-536 was called a "handie-talkie) but that name didn’t stick.
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The French name for this object is talkie-walkie, with the Ls pronounced (not tawkie-wawkie). Kinda like the Spanish word cocodrilo (for crocodile, not walkie-talkie).
ETA: each al in the French word talkie-walkie is pronounced as in “gal” not as in “gall” (much less as in walk or talk).
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Boingy Boingy Webby Loggie
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Our walkie-talkies (walkies-talkie?) at work are still made by Motorola. The guts, a small oval unit, fits in the palm of your hand. It clips onto your clothes and is attached by a cord to an ear piece. We wear them for security; library, sadly. We also get a lot of chatter from construction sites using the same frequencies, and they must hear us too, and wonder about what the hell goes on in libraries.
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Popty ping.
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Engagement-pleaagent.
You may notice it is NOT named walkie-talkie-chewy-gummy. 
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Lingerie - Scanty-Panties
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computer mice-> pickie-clickies
doggos –> furrie-scurries
scouring pads → rubbie-scrubbies
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We call them scrubby-dubbies in this house.
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But the L in “talk” and “walk” are always pronounced, are they not? “Talk” is pronounced like “tall” with a “k” sound appended, not like “tawk”.
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No.
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Students are “study-buddies,” of course.
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Superior device for picking up dog feces: sooper dooper pooper scooper ™.
ETA Trademark registration expired.
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raring faring - a ricer
straight 8 - smallish cylinder glass
deprecated home instated- the chimney and hearth
dropsy goth tree - 40’ plus fruit tree
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Rat: scurry-worry.
Priest: ready-pedi. (I KID.)
Four-square, by gum, American: flaggy-waggy.
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Seaty Shitey.
I’ll let you figure out this one.
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