AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up112
arrow-up112message-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 · 2 years agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareArcticAmphibian@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThat’s why I like the German word for them - “Handy.”
minus-squarethetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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.