WHAT DO U SAY CELL PHONE OR MOBILE ??

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10 Jul 2010, 10:09 am

Leiservampir wrote:

I say mobile, not cell.
Just as I say texting and not smsing.

I speak proper English.
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Yeh, I text, not sms too.

Americans seem to write dates backwards (compared to most of our species) too.

my date format is dd/mm/yy

American format is mm/dd/yy (what is the reason for this :?:

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this is really confusing, especially if the day part of the date is a number between 1 and 12 which is about 40% of the time) :arrow:

Have Americans managed to introduce decimalization of weights and measurement to the general population yet :?:

I think it might be good for their self esteem as a person weighing 285 'pounds' would weigh only 130 under the metric system :wink:

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10 Jul 2010, 10:43 am

Blindspot149 wrote:

Leiservampir wrote:

I say mobile, not cell.
Just as I say texting and not smsing.

I speak proper English.
:roll:

Yeh, I text, not sms too.

Americans seem to write dates backwards (compared to most of our species) too.

my date format is dd/mm/yy

American format is mm/dd/yy (what is the reason for this :?:

)

this is really confusing, especially if the day part of the date is a number between 1 and 12 which is about 40% of the time) :arrow:

Have Americans managed to introduce decimalization of weights and measurement to the general population yet :?:

I think it might be good for their self esteem as a person weighing 285 'pounds' would weigh only 130 under the metric system :wink:

What is smsing? I've never heard anyone say that. I live in the USA and anyone here that I've ever met says texting, same goes for anything I've seen on TV.

But yes we still don't use the metric system and write the date differently as you have said. You did leave out that we still use Fahrenheit instead of Celsius too.

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10 Jul 2010, 10:45 am

You get alot more good advantages if you go for the mobile phone.

T-Mobile rocks where I'am. I don't know if its the same for you though?

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10 Jul 2010, 10:47 am

Strange gadget of the future.

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10 Jul 2010, 11:20 am

Blindspot149 wrote:

Americans seem to write dates backwards (compared to most of our species) too.

my date format is dd/mm/yy

American format is mm/dd/yy (what is the reason for this :?:

)

this is really confusing, especially if the day part of the date is a number between 1 and 12 which is about 40% of the time) :arrow:

dude, that's only half of your problems. Try living in sweden. Here they do:
yyyy/mm/dd
So my birthday is 29/07/1993 but in SWEDEN I have to write it 1993/07/29 otherwise they get all confused and like "That's not a real date!"
It's SO frustrating!

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10 Jul 2010, 12:15 pm

superboyian wrote:

T-Mobile rocks where I'am.

I don't know if its the same for you though?

Oh yeah, it's the same.

*Because of this link*

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10 Jul 2010, 1:10 pm

Kat15 wrote:

"Can I use your cellular mobile device?"

I just say phone.

I would like to call people on cellular mobile device, unfortunately I call them on my cell phone.

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10 Jul 2010, 7:31 pm

kx250rider wrote:

Neither... I call it the ball & chain, or the torture device.

Charles

I call it the ball & chain too...I love to ditch it when all my kids are safe at home. My mates know to contact me on the land line if I'm not responding to their text messages.

...but...it's the mobile phone mostly.

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10 Jul 2010, 8:06 pm

When talking to an American person, and using English terminology, they do not understand. So I trust my wasted life watching American TV programmes and movies and hope I get the English to American translation correct.

The English have to learn American, but the Americans don't seem to be able to comprehend classic English.

(no offense is intended)

I call my device a "mobile", "mobile phone" or just "phone"

I'm not sure it works anymore as no-one seems to call me...

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10 Jul 2010, 8:10 pm

Phell cone.

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10 Jul 2010, 8:15 pm

mobile, mobile phone or phone

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10 Jul 2010, 8:29 pm

Mobile phone, or, if it's ringing, "Oh, piss off and leave me alone."

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10 Jul 2010, 11:04 pm

phone or cell phone. Mobile is the British term, I think. But I live in California, so that's what I say.

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10 Jul 2010, 11:42 pm

It is ussually called a mobile phone here in Australia, so that is what I call it, the name also makes sense. I haven't really figured out what cell refers to, perhaps the battery.

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11 Jul 2010, 1:14 am

Keith wrote:

The English have to learn American, but the Americans don't seem to be able to comprehend classic English.

(no offense is intended)

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11 Jul 2010, 1:31 am

I say "mobiel" or "mobieltje" (Dutch). It may similar to "mobile".

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