>>>A term from the late 1950’s when transistor radios were becoming the fad was; “I am going to listen to my transistor”. That upset me and still does, so I would tell anyone daring to make such a statement in my presence; “A transistor is a current amplifying device and you 'cannot hear it'. You are listening to a transistor radio”!
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>>We long got over that problem by calling it a "tranny".

Wouldn't work nowadays; tranny is a sexual orientation.

We may have been better off, calling it "trandža" (read: trahnjah).

>>>It has been 35 years since I took English in College. Perhaps I should go back to school and study English as a Second Language! My daughter teaches that subject. I think that I speak a different language, like "Old American English" or something! :)
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>We still tend to say "tape" when recording TV programmes even though its onto a DVD.

And they complain how all tech speak is forcing technological terms into languages full steam ahead.