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-squaremessage-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-squarethetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 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.
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.