there hasn't been a dial on the phone for over ten years now! why do we still say it then?
2006-07-14 08:58:52 · 11 answers · asked by KEN A 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
sorry ken*! you caught us....the entire country has conspired to drive you crazy!
just kidding...i guess we've just gotten into the habit of using that phrase as a society...we could start to change it and use the english terminology of "ring up" :o)
2006-07-14 09:04:40 · answer #1 · answered by cookiesmom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
And the funny thing about it is that we still refer to regular internet service with a modem as "dial-up" even though the computer does not dial. It electronically generates touch tones.
We still say that for the same reason why we refer to things like a ringing phone or "ring tones" when a phone has not had a bell inside of it for the better part of 15 years. Phones now have electronic buzzers or audio speakers.
Speaking of dials, we even say that about TV's and radios- "Don't touch that dial!" warns your favorite TV show even though there is an electronic tuner with onscreen display. I don't even think that there are any TV sets that have a number display on the front of it.
2006-07-14 09:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gloves in a glove compartment? Don't be ridiculous, that's where the shoes go, but my cars brake shoes must be gone because they are not there. Why do we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway? Why do we use the phrase "dial me up" or "call me up" when we always stay on the ground. Why am I thinking of answering this question when all the answers given are great !
2006-07-16 01:03:33 · answer #3 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the act of pushing the buttons on the phone to call a number is known as 'dialing' the number
2006-07-14 09:02:24 · answer #4 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-14 08:09:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just habit. Just like why do people still refer to a music artists work as an album? Vinyl record albums have been gone for a very long time!
2006-07-14 09:02:39 · answer #6 · answered by AsianPersuasion :) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because even with a touchtone keypad, you are still performing the act of 'dialing' the number.
2006-07-14 09:02:45 · answer #7 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You learn something one way and it stays with you ...and you pass it on. My parents had me saying "ice box" and "tin-foil" even though aluminum foil and refrigerators had taken their place. How many people really have gloves in their glove compartment?
2006-07-14 09:13:29 · answer #8 · answered by Sam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does seem harder to say, "I'll push the number".
2006-07-14 09:03:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SLEE got it right
2006-07-14 09:02:31 · answer #10 · answered by chief8166 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋