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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by Symbiote on Thursday May 04, 2017 @02:44PM (#14267537)
You could call it a mobile, which is about as common in Britain as calling it a phone. (The full name being a mobile phone.)
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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by throwaway049 on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:57PM (#14268187)
My boss, an old fashioned English gentleman, uses the full name 'mobile telephone' in everyday conversation.
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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by nolok on Thursday May 04, 2017 @04:22PM (#14268431)
Same in phone "portable" for "telephone portable" (portable can also refer to laptops, for "ordinateur portable"). The word convergence is coming, and the answer might be neither computer nor phone.
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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by ben_w on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:49PM (#14268118)
The German word, "Handy" is also good. They are very handy, after all.
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