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Besides our desktop computers the only other electronic toy I
remember having was a Speak and Spell. How that passes for a toy I
do not know but we would play with that thing for hours and hours. A
Speak and Spell has several modes that all boil down to an electronic
voice saying, “Spell – (some word)' and then, 'That's right! Now
spell (new word)'; or ,'That's wrong. Try again.'. Over and over
again. We would also try and get it to cuss because it vocalizes each
letter that you push. 'O' - 'L' sound a little like Elisa Doolittle
swearing. We didn't make these next ones up but learned them and
punched them in for our own as well as our friends amusement. 'I' 'C'
'U' 'P' was a classic of the letter based humor. This one takes a
little set up and filler where letters won't do:
Dem 'R' Spiders.
No Dem 'R' Not.
'O' 'S' 'A' R' – 'C' 'D' 'B' 'D' 'I's'?
'O'! Dem 'R' Spiders.
I can honestly say all my time spent with the Speak and Spell did not
help my spelling one bit but it was a great way to pass a few hours.
My brother Matt was able to trade it for a guitar to a kid who was
getting into making weird techno/incidental electronic music and was
blown away by the Speak and Spell. That is what is called a win-win
in the business literature.
http://www.kevinstonge.com/content/projects/speakandspell/speakandspell.swf
http://www.kevinstonge.com/content/projects/speakandspell/speakandspell.swf
