AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-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@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareArcticAmphibianlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 year agoThat’s why I like the German word for them - “Handy.”
minus-squaredewritoninja@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 year agoIt would be weird asking my parents for a handy on my birthday
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10·1 year agoHow are your arms?
minus-squareTurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoSo in Germany it’s not weird to ask someone for a handy? Cause that means a totally different thing around here
minus-squarethetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 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.