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As a German visiting the US (social.fossware.space)
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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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[-] Felix@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

If you wanna be some kind of german elitist and avoid english words, no matter the cost. You could also say "Mobiltelefon". Or "mobile phone" (so basically the bri'ish word)

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

That's quite funny because over here in Czechia we call them mobil

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