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-square21fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down129
arrow-up1191arrow-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-square21fedilink
minus-squarethetreesaysbarklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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.
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.