@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-square19fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down127
arrow-up1194arrow-down1message-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-square19fedilink
minus-square@ArcticAmphibianlinkEnglish22•11 months agoThat’s why I like the German word for them - “Handy.”
minus-square@dewritoninja@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish26•11 months agoIt would be weird asking my parents for a handy on my birthday
minus-square@TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•11 months agoSo in Germany it’s not weird to ask someone for a handy? Cause that means a totally different thing around here
minus-square@thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish7•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.”
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.