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19:34 Feb 8, 2012
English to English translations [Non-PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / A novel by Philip Dick about the 1950s
English term or phrase:sazifryer
An elderly lady appeared in the doorway, carrying a fat cloth shopping bag. “Are you the radio repair man?” she said to Pete. “I have a radio here I want to get fixed.” She began to unfasten the shopping bag. “It just went dead. It’s worked fine for thirteen years; I don’t understand why it should go dead. Maybe it’s a broken wire.”
Or a worn-out ***sazifryer***, Roger thought to himself.
Explanation: The old lady doesn't know anything about how radio's work, hence her silly "maybe a broken wire." Roger makes up a word that is to his mind as a silly as the comment of the old lady.
That's what I think is happening here. Sazifryer doesn't seem to rhyme with anything or signify anything I can think of.
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I guess you hear the rhyme and meter if you hear saz-a-fryer and sez-a-wire
Philip K. Dick is a science fiction writer and it's likely to be some kind of technological term that Dick has invented for the story. Could you tell us the title of the book or short story?
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nonsense word
Explanation: The old lady doesn't know anything about how radio's work, hence her silly "maybe a broken wire." Roger makes up a word that is to his mind as a silly as the comment of the old lady.
That's what I think is happening here. Sazifryer doesn't seem to rhyme with anything or signify anything I can think of.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2012-02-08 20:53:51 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
I guess you hear the rhyme and meter if you hear saz-a-fryer and sez-a-wire
Stephanie Ezrol United States Local time: 22:10 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 132
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Thank you, Stephanie! Maybe, juvera's suggestion is also true.
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Asker: It seems you are right. By the way, it rhymes with 'wire'
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +6