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Re:Why telephone keypads are arranged the way they are by mode80 on Saturday August 29, 2015 @08:08PM (#10141794)
'We still "Hang up" when we want to terminate a call, and this refers to the action of placing the receiver back onto the hook of a phone ...'

oh my god. I'm old.

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Re:Why telephone keypads are arranged the way they are by kuschku on Saturday August 29, 2015 @08:16PM (#10141813)
Interestingly, in German – where we mostly used phones like [1] originally, we use the word "Auflegen" (put upon) to mean the end of a call.

Different technology shapes language.

[1]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Telefon0...

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