10. "RE: (S70) S5DSE03 Fire Hazards"
In response to message #4
LAST EDITED ON Dec-21-13 AT 06:08 AM (EST)
>>(And the verb associated with the use of a phone will always and >>forever be "call" ;-P ) > >Except in Britain, where it's "ring" - even though most telephones >haven't had actual bells on them for years!
I expect in North American English, we will be "hanging up" our phones for a long time into the future. I've also heard "close" used for that action...but flip phones are becoming less common as well.
"They copied all they could follow, but they couldn't copy my mind, And I left 'em sweating and stealing a year and a half behind."