@AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months ago"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.message-square14fedilinkarrow-up111
arrow-up111message-square"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.@AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-square@ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 months agoThat’s why I like the German word for them - “Handy.”
minus-square@thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoUK English they’re called phones, but cell phones are often called mobiles too. Maybe less so now that home phones (landlines) aren’t really a thing so all phones are generally mobiles.
That’s why I like the German word for them - “Handy.”
UK English they’re called phones, but cell phones are often called mobiles too.
Maybe less so now that home phones (landlines) aren’t really a thing so all phones are generally mobiles.