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Old 06-21-2010, 06:29 AM   #75
Jellby
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Originally Posted by ficbot View Post
When my 3-5 year old students saw my iPad, they assumed it was a phone
My nephews said the same when they saw my Cybook (it's not "shiny", but it's got a bright yellow skin): "is that a phone?" "No, it's for reading books" "What a cool phone! Can I use your phone?"

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I get a bit of a chuckle out of hearing people say "dial (some number)" when they're so young they probably never saw a phone with an actual dial outside of a museum.
We still say "pull the chain" for flushing the toilet, I bet my nephews (other nephews) don't quite get what it means, toilets don't have a chain to pull anymore.
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