>There are some regions where cellular telephones are called 'cells', In some places the going shorthand for a mobile telephone uses the part that isn't "telephone", but it's still there in the expansion of the phrase. In German, for instance, a mobile phone is ein Handy, but it's short for Handtelefon. (Similarly, in the UK the usual shorthand is "mobile".)
>(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!
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