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PRONUNCIATION OF SINGING TELEGRAM

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Singing telegram is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SINGING TELEGRAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Singing telegram

A singing telegram is a message that is delivered by an artist in a musical form. Singing telegrams are historically linked to normal telegrams, but tend to be humorous. Sometimes the artist is in costume or formal clothing. Singing telegrams are often given as a gift. Western Union, the American telegraph company began offering singing telegram services in 1933. On July 28, 1933, a fan sent Hollywood singing star Rudy Vallee a birthday greeting by telegram. George P. Oslin, the Western Union public relations director, decided this would be a good opportunity to make telegrams, which had been associated with deaths and other tragic news, into something more popular. He asked a Western Union operator, Lucille Lipps, to sing the message over the telephone, and this became the first singing telegram. While Oslin created the singing telegram because he thought "that messages should be fun," he recalled that he "was angrily informed I was making a laughingstock of the company." As relatively few telegram recipients had telephones, most telegrams, including singing telegrams, were first delivered in person.

Definition of singing telegram in the English dictionary

The definition of singing telegram in the dictionary is a greetings service in which a person is employed to present greetings by singing to the person celebrating.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SINGING TELEGRAM

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singer
singer-songwriter
Singh
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singing
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singing lesson
singing teacher
singing voice
singingly
single
single bed
single bedroom
single bond
single combat
single cream
single currency
single density
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SINGING TELEGRAM

Agram
block diagram
cablegram
computer program
diagram
gram
histogram
hologram
ingram
international telegram
kilogram
monogram
outreach program
overseas telegram
pentagram
phototelegram
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telegram

Synonyms and antonyms of singing telegram in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «singing telegram» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SINGING TELEGRAM

Find out the translation of singing telegram to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of singing telegram from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «singing telegram» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

歌唱电报
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

telegrama cantado
570 millions of speakers

English

singing telegram
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गायन तार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغناء برقية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пение телеграмма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

telegrama cantado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গান গাওয়া টেলিগ্রাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chant télégramme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyanyi telegram
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gesang -Telegramm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

歌う電報
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노래 전보
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Singing telegram
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hát điện tín
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாடல் டெலிகிராம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गायन टेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Şarkı söyleme telgraf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

telegramma di canto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śpiew telegram
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спів телеграма
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cântând telegramă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τραγουδώντας τηλεγράφημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sing telegram
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sång telegram
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sang telegram
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINGING TELEGRAM»

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I Came, I Saw, I Sang: Memoirs of a Singing Telegram ...
I Came, I Saw, I Sang: Memoirs of a Singing Telegram Delivery Girl, is a story of a young woman's journey from fledging dreamer to full blown artist.
April E. Brucker, 2012
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Conversational Narrative: Storytelling in Everyday Talk
14 as a singing telegram." 15 "yeah, go ahead." 1 6 "Fred and the kids are dead." 17 {singing and clapping on stressed words} 18 Marsha: {laughs briefly} I didn't get it. 19 Ralph: you don't get it. 20 you don't sing a telegram about death 21 or ...
Neal R. Norrick, 2000
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One Man's Century: From the Deep South to the Top of the Big ...
Eddie Cantor asked me if he could make records for the songs to be used in the Singing Telegram service, but a record did not have the personal touch I wanted. A clipping from an Acapulco, Mexico, magazine reported that a man who said he  ...
George P. Oslin, 1998
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Telegraph Messenger Boys: Labor, Technology, and Geography, ...
TM But no message epitomizes the shift to greetings like the famous "singing telegram." Western Union publicity manager George Oslin was credited by the company for inaugurating the service. Oslin wrote that in 1933, at the height of the ...
Gregory John Downey, 2002
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Daily Discoveries for FEBRUARY (ENHANCED eBook): Thematic ...
Singing. Telegram. Day. February 10 Setting the Stage • Begin the day with a personalized singing telegram to grab everyone's attention. Ask a local telegram company to donate their services or invite another adult in the school to come and ...
Elizabeth Cole Midgley, 2005
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Knowledge is Power
Think About This! Have you heard about singing telegrams? When a person sends a message to another who is far away from him, he does it by means of a telegram. Read the text to find out what a singing telegram is. A Singing Telegram I ...
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Hey Dorothy You're Not in Kansas Anymore
I had never had a singing telegram before, much less a singing love-o-gram. After he was done, the Singing Telegram Guy stood there staring at me. I wasn't really sure what he wanted, so I applauded. "Thank you," the Singing Telegram Guy ...
Karen Mueller Bryson, 2013
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Madonna: An Intimate Biography
Blue in the Face, also released in 1995, was a sequel to the popular Smoke, in which Madonna is featured briefly, mooning Harvey Keitel after delivering a singing telegram. In 1996, she would appear in Spike Lee's Girl 6, in which she ...
J. Randy Taraborrelli, 2001
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Quick and Fun Activities for Every Day of the Year
the Postal Telegram Company in New York delivered its first singing telegram. • George P. Oslin, public relations director for Western Union, is credited with the invention of the singing telegram when he had operator Lucille Lips sing “Happy  ...
Tim Tuck, Karen Tam Froloff, 2001
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The Brothers Grimm Out of Order
JORINDA ... giddy girl thrilled to be in the show 18 SINGING TELEGRAM .. . delivers a singing telegram 2 WILL GRIMM pragmatic writer who likes happy 39 endings and fluffy bunnies JAKE GRIMM Will's brother; also a writer; 41 loves blood, ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SINGING TELEGRAM»

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Judge's kinky singing telegram irks staffers
(SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) A buxom blonde wearing an outfit adorned with a Confederate battle flag and topped by a police officer's hat delivered a kinky ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
2
Susan Robinson goes from singing telegrams to counseling
NEWARK – It's not every day that someone goes from a singing telegram performer to mental health counselor, but that is the path Susan Robinson followed. «The Newark Advocate, Jun 15»
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Brownwood High choir offering singing telegrams for Mother's Day
Over the phone telegrams are available for $5. The special singing gifts started last year and the group sang to more than 30 people in the area and even out of ... «KTXS, May 15»
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Singing Gales to provide Mother's Day singing telegrams
LANCASTER – Lancaster High School's Singing Gales will provide Singing Telegrams for Mother's Day. The Singing Gales will serenade your mother with three ... «Lancaster Eagle Gazette, Apr 15»
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How a singing telegram delivery boy accidentally became the …
Back in January 1980, Henry Rojas, 23, was sitting courtside at a Suns game waiting to deliver a singing telegram during an in-game break. He soon realized ... «FOXSports.com, Mar 15»
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Singing Telegram App 'Ditty' Launches on Facebook Messenger
Think of it as a singing telegram meets "Auto-Tune the News": Serletic's brother Dean, head of marketing at Zya, demonstrated to Billboard a text: "My flight was ... «Billboard, Mar 15»
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How Nic Hammerberg Mastered the Strange Art of the Singing
Delivering singing telegrams is easier with a larger audience. Smiling, he completes his gorilla costume by pulling the mask over his head. He straightens the ... «Westword, Mar 15»
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Young cousins offer singing telegrams on Valentine's Day …
ST. GEORGE — Two young cousins are spreading love through song on Valentine's Day to anyone requesting a singing telegram for their sweetheart. «St George News, Feb 15»
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Pulaski Co. Youth Services deliver singing telegrams for Valentine's …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – The sound of love is in the air… and possibly at your front door! Singing telegrams are being delivered by volunteers for Pulaski ... «THV 11, Feb 15»
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Croix Chordsmen taking orders for singing Valentines
Because Valentine's Day is on a Saturday this year, some people might want to have their singing telegram delivered on Feb. 13. "A lot of people request ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Singing telegram [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/singing-telegram>. May 2024 ».
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