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As a German visiting the US (social.fossware.space)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by NettoHikari@social.fossware.space to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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Explanation: Germans ~~used to~~ (apparently only in my bubble) call cellphones "Handy" and many people still do that. My friends from america found that quite hilarious.

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Its not your bubble, when I learnt German Handy was the word for phone they taught me

[–] NettoHikari@social.fossware.space 5 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I may be wrong regarding that it isn't widely used any more.

And yes, it was the first word I learned for mobile phone, too.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Oh whats most commonly used now?

[–] NettoHikari@social.fossware.space 2 points 2 years ago

In my friend circle, it's usually just "phone".

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