Talk:clock radio

clock/radio
Page 759 of the Collins English Usage reads A slash, stroke, or oblique is used between two words describing something that is in fact two things, as in a washer/drier, a clock/radio or a lounge/diner. --Backinstadiums (talk) 08:35, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yet again, Collins is wrong. You need to get a better dictionary. SemperBlotto (talk) 08:41, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Guess Ngrams is is wrong again too --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:34, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Could be. I can't find a single usage of the term with a slash. Perhaps you could point me at one. SemperBlotto (talk) 10:22, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.14963.pdf All rooms have color TV, alarm

clock/radio, en-suite bathrooms], the child whom the alarm clock/radio wakes up,  cord pulls are fitted to the lounge/diner and bedroom windows, in one combination washer/dryer unit --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:51, 4 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Well done. Looks pretty rare though. SemperBlotto (talk) 10:56, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * That's [alarm clock]/[radio], not [alarm] [clock/radio] Chuck Entz (talk) 16:01, 4 September 2020 (UTC)