June 26th 03, 11:33 AM
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ride beta
GSM is a standard used for wireless...
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- Zilla
Cary, NC
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"bomba" wrote in message
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Dave Stocker wrote:
Speaking of "cell phone", what do you Brits call it? Over here, Gerry
calls
it a "Handy" for some inexplicable reason.
Never quite worked that out either.
I am starting to use this stupid
Denglish word in place of "cell phone".
Assimilation has begun...
Please tell me that it is used
somewhere by some native English speaker - and I don't care if it a only
one
thong wearing guy in the South Pacific.
Nope, only restricted to Germans. In England it's just plain old
'mobile', whereas in France, they're called 'GSM' (pronounced JSM).
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