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CB is still in existance in most places around the world that originally had it.

 

Mobile phones are more convenient in most cases - major highways tend to have full or near full coverage.

 

Boats are probably the biggest market now - even though phones are an option, you always need backup.

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Should have mentioned - HF radio I believe is still fairly widely used in very remote areas. It has much better range than AM or UHF, and there were/are (?) even relay services that allow talking to someone on a phone at the other end.

 

But, satellite capable phones are now a lot cheaper and probably a more popular option for a lot of people.

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More information than anybody probably wants, but:

 

Guide to Urchlay's pronunciation. For best results, drink a pot of coffee and speak quickly, or get really tired and slur your speech :)

 

1050- Ten fifty

1010 - Ten ten

810 - Eight ten

2600 - Twenty-six hundred

800 - Eight hundred

800XL - Eight hundred ecks ell

1200XL - Twelve hundred ecks ell

130XE - One-thirty ecks ee

XEGS - Ecks ee jee ess, or sometimes it's pronounced "ugly Atari" :)

6502 - Sixty-five oh too

Z80 - Zee eighty (I like the sound of "Zed eighty" but I never actually say it)

68000 - Sixty-eight thousand

68010 - Sixty-eight oh ten

8086 - Eight oh eighty six (or eighty-eighty-six)

ANTIC - Ann tick

POKEY - Poe kee

GTIA - Jee tee eye ay (spelled out)

TIA - Tee ah (like the Spanish word "tia" for "grandma", not "Tee eye ay" for some reason)

Linux - Lynn ucks (not "Lie nucks")

 

It's kind of awkward to say "One thousand fifty" instead of "Ten fifty", I think. I wouldn't say the Normans invaded England in "One thousand sixty-six", I'd say "Ten sixty-six". Also I'm starting to refer to 2001 as "ought one", like my grandpa did about 1901.

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Mil cincuenta....

 

Sorry, i couldn't resist.... :D

 

Muy bueno!

 

Is that the normal way to say "one thousand and fifty" in Spanish?

 

I was going to write this whole reply in Espanol, but my high-school Spanish has eroded to almost nothing now :(

 

Yes we don't divide the numbers. the 800 is ochocientos, the 1010 is mil diez and so on.

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