@AbouBenAdhem to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year ago"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.message-square19arrow-up1222arrow-down127
arrow-up1195arrow-down1message-square"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.@AbouBenAdhem to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square19
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•1 year agoThat’s why I like the German word for them - “Handy.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•1 year agoIt would be weird asking my parents for a handy on my birthday
minus-square@TurnItOff_OnAgainlinkEnglish11•1 year agoSo in Germany it’s not weird to ask someone for a handy? Cause that means a totally different thing around here
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year 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.”
It would be weird asking my parents for a handy on my birthday
How are your arms?
Now that’s a classic.
So in Germany it’s not weird to ask someone for a handy?
Cause that means a totally different thing around here
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.