Brits call it a “mobile phone.”
Americans say “cell phone.”
What do I call my phone?
I call it lost, gone, missing…
Saturday night I was sitting in a bar talking with a friend when someone tapped my shoulder and told me my phone had fallen out of my back pocket.
I looked down.
But it wasn’t on the ground.
The floor is made of wooden boards and it had fallen between the cracks.
The bartender says tomorrow he’ll borrow a saw and get it out.
What do you tip a bartender for tearing up the floor?
Hang Up
By the way, did you ever wonder why we say “hang up” when we end a call?
It’s an expression from the old days.
Here’s why:
And did you manage to free the mobile phone in the end?
Yes! Just got it back!
In Austria people call it:handy
I think the Germans say that, too.
Interesting facts 🤠. What about pronto?
Where does the word “pronto” come from? I don’t know, do you? It sounds Italian.
“Pronto ? ” it’s an italian word ! Italian people use it to say “who is calling?”.
to free the line.
Nice to know why Americans tell when the call îs over they hang up! We in Romania are saying Alo at the start of the call and ,,la revedere “when that îs over
Just like “Hello”!
I like words tear up, hang up and crack. Lot of meenings. 😀 But one I know – I use mobile phone!
In Bulgaria we say just “Chao” 🙂