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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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I may be wrong regarding that it isn't widely used any more.

And yes, it was the first word I learned for mobile phone, too.

[-] SternburgExport@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago

It is still very common

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Oh whats most commonly used now?

[-] pwalker@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

idk what circles you guys live in but I grew up in rural south and been living a decade in Berlin. If a German talks to a German and they are not doing nerd talk and are just commoners having a chat they have been and still are using the word "handy". It still is the most commonly used word to describe a mobile phone in German language

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ok good I was afraid my vocabulary was out of date

[-] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

i can confirm that in (the german-speaking parts of) switzerland "handy" is the only word i've ever heard used to describe a smartphone

In my friend circle, it's usually just "phone".

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