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As a German visiting the US (social.fossware.space)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by NettoHikari@social.fossware.space to c/memes@lemmy.ml
 

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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[โ€“] Felix@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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)

[โ€“] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

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