AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years ago"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down128
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 · 3 years agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarethetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 years 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.