tan phone? - anyone?

IP: *.spray.net.pl / *.spray.net.pl 08.08.04, 01:06
We are in an institution / psychiatric hospital. People come to visit
their relative. A uniformed man (a guard) sitting behind a desk in the hall
reaches for a TAN PHONE. Tells the people to sing in, a nurse arrives.
Is it simply an intercom or sth like that? What's the origin of this
expression?

nb, thanking you from the mountain :)
    • Gość: steph Re: tan phone? - anyone? IP: *.range217-44.btcentralplus.com 08.08.04, 01:12
      it could be 'tannoy' - a type of public address system, perhaps
      • Gość: Nobulshit Re: tan phone? - anyone? IP: *.spray.net.pl / *.spray.net.pl 08.08.04, 01:24
        Yeah, exactly, like you can hear in the background in movies:
        "calling doctor Smith to ER" etc.
        Thanks, Steph.
      • Gość: azm2 Re: tan phone? - anyone? IP: *.aster.pl / *.aster.pl 08.08.04, 10:05
        Tannoy is just a manufacturer of loudspeakers: www.tannoy.com
        • nobullshit Re: tan phone? - anyone? 08.08.04, 10:43
          Gość portalu: azm2 napisał(a):

          > Tannoy is just a manufacturer of loudspeakers: www.tannoy.com

          So it's probably like with Hoover / Walkman etc, etc.
          My dictionary says (now that I know what to look for)
          the tannoy - megafon
          the tannoy system - system nagłaśniający

          So everybody, including i.nes, is right :)
    • i.nes Re: tan phone? - anyone? 08.08.04, 01:32
      It stands for Technical Assistance Network.
    • jadefish Tan is a color 11.08.04, 02:10
      bezowy telefon
      • justa_79 Re: Tan is a color 11.08.04, 09:43
        jadefish napisał:
        > bezowy telefon
      • emka_1 Re: Tan is a color 11.08.04, 12:59
        you're right, tan is a colour, but a tan phone in this sentence means 'telefon
        wewnętrzny/aparat podpięty do linii wewnetrznej/centralki wewnętrznej (taki co
        ma ew. 'wyjście na miasto' przez zero albo inny numerek.
        • amatorski Re: Tan is a color 11.08.04, 20:26
          beżowy
          tan phone - desktop or wall-mounted phone used in public utility buildings
          (offices, schools, hospitals), being part of an internal communications system.
          • jadefish Re: Tan is a color 13.08.04, 23:38
            right on
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