MelissaW. Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I get the Story of Alexander Graham Bell reference and all but did anyone outside this movie really refer to the telephone as "the Ameche"? I want to believe that it's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I get the Story of Alexander Graham Bell reference and all but did anyone outside this movie really refer to the telephone as "the Ameche"? I want to believe that it's true. About eight years ago I interviewed a number of people who grew up in The Great Depression and WWII for an o r a l history project and a couple of them mentioned "the Ameche" as an example of slang that is no longer used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casablanca100views Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 About eight years ago I interviewed a number of people who grew up in The Great Depression and WWII for an o r a l history project and a couple of them mentioned "the Ameche" as an example of slang that is no longer used. But which came first- the slang in the movie, or it's popular use after the movie came out? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaW. Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 But which came first- the slang in the movie, or it's popular use after the movie came out? Good question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 But which came first- the slang in the movie, or it's popular use after the movie came out? Calling a phone "The Ameche" became popular after the release of The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1938), 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Calling a phone "The Ameche" became popular after the release of The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1938), Hmmmmm....then I wonder why askin' somebody to, "Please turn off all the Tracys before you leave the house", never caught on??? OR maybe, "Would you PLEASE turn down that damn Tracy?! I can't hear myself THINK!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Well, it worked for Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Calling a phone "The Ameche" became popular after the release of The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1938), i often suspect that many slang terms were invented by movie screenwriters, but they were slang terms that never existed in real life or among the general population. I started believing this after watching movies like BLACKBOARD JUNGLE, THE WILD ONES, and HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL when I was a teen. Some of the terms attributed to 1940s and 50s teenagers seemed to me to be terms invented in those eras by 50-60 year old guys who lived in Hollywood and wrote scripts for the movies. Just as I suspected that about 90% of the "teens" in those teen movies were all over the age of 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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