The acoustics in our house are such that the sound from the television is loudest in every room except the one in which the TV resides. Perhaps that is not literally true, but to those trying to work or sleep while someone else watches television, it certainly seems that way. Hence our joy when Porter's "thank you award" came from IBM: a set of wireless headphones.
Fortunately, there was no need to understand in detail the instructions, which contained several gems.
This wireless headphone is worked based on optical-electricity transition.
Well, of course. What else would it be worked based on?Do they mean it's infrared? ("Infrared," by the way, is one of those words that always make me do a double-take. I keep seeing at first sight something that rhymes with "bared," and think it should perhaps better be spelled "infra-red." But then we'd have to follow suit with "infra-structure" and "ultra-violet" and "ultra-marine.")
I suppose that's what they mean, since the next sentence is, "So there should be no obstacle between the transmitter and receiver/headphone when use this wireless headphone."
Out of context, if I had to guess at the meaning of "optical-electricity transition" I would suspect some sort of solar power.
People used to use hyphens more than they do now -- we make up for it by using dashes more frequently.
