Axe for 'guitar'?

Grant Barrett gbarrett at AMERICANDIALECT.ORG
Fri Apr 21 21:32:04 UTC 2000


On Friday, April 21, 2000, A. Vine <avine at eng.sun.com> wrote:
>Grant Barrett wrote:

>> Not only that, I have heard users refer to their computers as
>axes.

>Were they musicians?
>I often refer to computers as "boxes", but usually in the commodity
sense, e.g.
>"How many boxes did she order for the development group?"

No, copy writers and art directors.



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