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- paraselene
someone asked me a question a little while ago and i couldn't remember the answer, so i need to take a little poll of americans:
do you understand the phrase 'mobile phone' immediately when you hear it and know that it means the same thing as 'cell phone'?
ta muchly! x
- flavorful0
* Cough. *
Immediately for me, but I think that's because I use 'mobile' myself as opposed to 'cell.'
Because ... well that's the proper term, haha.
I've never had anyone question me though when I use mobile phone, and that includes when providing my number to clients, other associates or anyone at work when informing them which number they've been given. Also, I work with a company that in my department we create websites that act as online resumes (well it's a small part ... you know what I won't bore you with anything that is outside of your question, haha) and one of the sections is Contact Information. We ask for "Mobile Phone" as opposed to "Cellular" or "Cell Phone" when asking how we can get in contact with them.
I think this may help your case as well.
I went to Wikipedia using both and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cel… redirects you to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mob….
That should pretty much trump anyone's reasoning, Wikipedia is like the Bible right?
Plus, I think the States are finally realizing that the term 'cell' was an old term that no longer properly applies to mobile phones.
Hope this helps!
:D
- Corvo0
they need a drawing too.
- jaylarson0
yes. i know what a mobile is.
- paraselene0
thanks!
- rough0
I hate it when some americans pronounce it as mobel rather than mobile. Esp the guy that did the apple video tour of the iPhone when it first came out! Drove me crazy!
- neue75_bold0
You were in one of my dreams last night el...
- jumping out of a cake?paraselene
- something like that... you were definitely saying mobile though...neue75_bold
- i was thinking of you at the weekend - looking at the wedding pics with the inlaws.paraselene
- I miss you :(neue75_bold
- i miss you too. :(
let's meet up! c'mon it'll be fun! :Dparaselene - ski trip!madirish
- well once Narelle is over there I reckon I'll be in town once a month...neue75_bold
- but I'll make a trip over soon, like late February or early March...neue75_bold
- 7340
well i have t-mobile so yeah id say its not much of a stretch... i usually just say cell phone. or cell for short cause im busy busy busy
- paraselene0
or maybe you guys are crap for market research. listen to what my uncle had to say:
You're asking two of the last people on planet earth to even get a phone that didn't have a cord attached to it....we didn't even know to call that a "cordless" phone...we called it the "walk-around phone" for years.
So, yes, I had to think about it for a minute..................actually... I am still thinking about it.
- ...right... (why didn't i think that 'walk-around phone' was simpler than 'cordless'?? silly me!) ;)menos
- TheBlueOne0
"Walk around phone"!!?? Ha, in a perfect world they would be called that....
- 7340
i remember when they had car phones, that was the best
- TheBlueOne0
i remember when only doctors and drug dealers had pagers...
...fuck, I remember when people had pagers instead of cel/mobile/walk-around phones
- Randd0
mobile or cell--either one, equally, forever
- radar0
I respond well to both mobile & cell. "Mobile"on a business card seems more professional than "Cell"
- Corvo0
buzz-phone
- radar0
we only use throw-away phones in my neighborhood
- 7340
if an american were to pronouce 'mobile' correctly, using every syllable we'd sound like idiots...
... oh wait we do anyway... ok mo-Bi-el it is
- paraselene0
brilliant. thanks for your help everybody - and everyone who emailed, too! :D