In business communications, the courtesy of specifying the type of phone (for reasons of calling cost) is less important than in private communications, as calling both is a business expense. However if you …

Jun 8, 2011 · The recommended style of presentation of new telephone numbers is based on customer research. Brackets are used to identify the national code - which is omitted when dialling within the …

Oct 12, 2011 · Is it considered proper English to say something like this? I called her via a telephone. Or should the indefinite article be omitted entirely? I called her via telephone. If the indefinite art...

Nov 2, 2021 · In the UK 'phone book' is an informal name for what would be more formally described as 'the telephone directory'; however, the much reduced version still issued by British Telecom actually …

Aug 18, 2013 · On the telephone, the person answering it may say "Who is calling?" or "Who is this?" Why do you say "this" to the caller on the other end of the phone? Is is wrong to say "Who is that?"

I understand that someone's work phone might have an extension. What do you call the main number of that office, which would normally be answered by an operator or a computer voice system? Would ...

Apr 18, 2015 · In Australia, it has traditionally been a "mobile" - never a "cell" (unless you are deliberately trying to sound American!). However, it is increasingly becoming just a "phone", as …

Nov 23, 2015 · 0 According to the Wikipedia article on the "History of the Telephone", the "two tins cans linked by a string" phone is formally called an " acoustic telephone ", and "has been known for …

Sep 11, 2011 · 2 I was looking for the name of the button on a telephone that you push to hang up. On older phones where the receiver sits horizontally over two buttons, I've seen them called "plungers." …

Here is Wikipedia's definition: Phone tag is a phenomenon in which two parties attempt to contact each other by telephone, but neither is able to get a hold of the other for a conversation. Both