>>>>> "Marko" == =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Marko M=E4kel=E4?= <ISO-8859-1> writes:
Marko> Are there any other nicknames for Commodore equipment? In
Marko> Australia, some people call the C64 toad (for us non-native
Marko> speakers: that's a very slow animal in a hard case that won the
Marko> running competition against the rabbit in a fairy tale), and
Marko> Germans call it "Brotkasten", in English bread box or bread
Marko> case.
Ditto in Swedish -- brödlåda.
Marko> The 1541 was referred to as the toaster at least up here.
Toasters have always been synonymous with the old Macs around here.
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