The Speak & Spell was so fun in my childhood

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KevDub81@reddit

You'll like the first few episodes of Halt and Catch Fire

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I still remember using the code feature and thinking it was hilarious what ALDV translated to. Funny thing is I remember the code but can't remember if it translated to shit or fuck. I also had Speak and Math....not as fun.

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cacecil1@reddit

Next spel B-U-R-E-A-U

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MacKay2112@reddit

I can hear this picture.

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ladysnarks@reddit

I read “brother” in Hulk Hogan’s voice.

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BrainFartTheFirst@reddit

I read it in Mufasas voice.

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mfhandy5319@reddit

And I'm still scared of corn fields.

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irishpwr46@reddit

One of my favorite songs uses a sample from this

https://youtu.be/hfow2hoSlWY?si=etD9W44O9aw1h8iM

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BoredOfReposts@reddit

I like how it said the letter B. Idk why but it was different than the other letters.

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GreenZebra23@reddit

After a while I mostly just made it repeat the alert sounds over and over. My favorite was that really complex one with the lower notes, I was always trying to cycle around to that one

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Fyreflyre1@reddit

I still have mine and it still works!

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VnlaThndr775@reddit

I had one but I think it was faulty, It would ask me to spell "relief", I would type in R-O-L-A-I-D-S, and it would say I was incorrect!

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TeamFast77@reddit

ICUP

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A_the_Buttercup@reddit

I still make thise sounds to myself quietly sometimes, or remember when it shamed me into spelling correctly.

THAT IS INCORRECT. THE CORRECT SPELLING IF "BUREAU" IS B-U-R-E-A-U. BUREAU.

And I still can't spell bureau, I had to look it up for this comment.

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khumprp@reddit

I had a Speak & Math and loved it (nerd)

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theang@reddit

I remember in elementary school, probably 2nd grade?, if it was an indoor recess day we would get to play games. There was one speak & spell and everyone wanted it. Thankfully it wasn’t a free for all because it would have been brutal.

Also how I learned to love Strateggo

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Psychological-Web134@reddit

Playing with this is one of the memories that has survived all these years. Not much else, unfortunately. Lots of concussions will do that i suppose.

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eternallysantanasass@reddit

I can hear this picture. I remember having this…I had a love hate relationship with it, but I was a great speller 🤣

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Wgfkas@reddit

L.I.M.P.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

This is tech

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adam5280@reddit

I’ll never forget the way it said echo.

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someguyfromsk@reddit

We had one. I hated it.

Probably not a shock that I became an ~~engeener~~ ~~enginere~~ ~~enginear~~.... I'm good at math!

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Far-Education5778@reddit

You must of had the Speak & Math

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pickledpetunia@reddit

I had that… every time you made an incorrect choice, it would say, “make the trade “ whatever the hell that means

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Vast-Hold6578@reddit

My sister and I had each. She had the math one and I had the spelling one. We also had a Simon and the weird little professor one.

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xenniac@reddit

I loved it. My favorite toy ever.

I'm a copy editor.

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Sad-Praline1929@reddit

Haha! Me too.

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stavago@reddit

U R A B

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Exponential-777@reddit

I have one and use it as a musical instrument. It's a circuit bent version which means the electronics are modified to produce strange sounds. It can still function like a normal speak n spell.

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Cloud_Fortress@reddit

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What I think of every time

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DifficultyNo9712@reddit

This is just what I was thinking...

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MetsFan3117@reddit

I want to play with this while sitting on a sit and spin.

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Ingonyama70@reddit

M A G N E T O

(iykyk)

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rangeghost@reddit

"Lou's Thigh Burn"
"Lousy Try Brian"

-- Speak & Spell, Toy Story 2

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IntelligentAd3283@reddit

Yesssss

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Vanilpancake@reddit

What kind of child knows what a YACHT is?

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johnvalley86@reddit

A E I M D J

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ryaca@reddit

My brother and I used to make it say “nuisance” on repeat. We just loved the way the robot voice pronounced it.

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BrattyTwilis@reddit

Reminds me of ET. It wanted him to spell it when he was playing with it

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burgundyblue@reddit

Never had one, but wanted one so I could make that satellite E.T. made.

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ezmoney98@reddit

Speak & Math was fun too if you were a little nerd. So I heard.

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pickledpeachesforall@reddit

G R E A T E R L E S S T H A N L E V E L O NE

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Pretend-Menu-8660@reddit

😈When the battery started to die is would say random words and sounded possessed. I remember leaving it on the kitchen floor, sobbing backing away from it while it spoke non stop gibberish because I thought it was possessed by demons 🤣 wild imagination!

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Pretend-Menu-8660@reddit

U-R-A-Q-T 🥰

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accountant319@reddit

Et phone home

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accountant319@reddit

The adults will get it

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Petraaki@reddit

Somehow W had a million syllables. I thought it was hilarious. And V sounded like it started with an F it was so enunciated

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B_Williams_4010@reddit

I saw a guy on Carson who did a comedy routine with a Speak & Spell. If anybody knows where I can watch that again, let me know.

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fireduck@reddit

I miss the grey speak and math..as far as I can tell they don't make those anymore

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SinsOfThePast03@reddit

"SAY IT" .

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Munchkin531@reddit

I had this and Speak & Math. My first tablets! I doubt my kids would think they're cool but I loved them.

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MamaLovesTwoBoys@reddit

I got one for my kids!! 😂

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spazzyattack@reddit

Magic Wand Reader was more my jam

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PixelFondler@reddit

I still hear it regularly. It makes a pre-recorded appearance in the emergency broadcast “intermission” in Doomcock’s weekly livestream series “Friday Night Frolics” on the Overlord DVD YouTube channel.

(BTW I feel it’s probably appropriate to say: in case anyone here on Reddit has heard of Doomcock and is predisposed to dislike him or even just be wary of him due to his place in the culture war, you should probably know that his Friday streams are topically separate from the rest of his channel! They’re just focused on having fun and lifting people’s spirits through songs & skits & chatting positively with his viewers, whom he genuinely treats like FRIENDS. Doomcock is one of the nicest content creators on all of YouTube, in terms of how he interacts with people. And he has the voice of an angel!!!👼🏻

I don’t know his exact age since his identity is a carefully guarded secret, but I think he’s a little older than a Xennial, probably early 50’s; he seems to remember seeing Star Wars in its original theatrical run.)

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