2006-09-24 15:08:21 · 8 answers · asked by thiru s 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
phone is phone
2006-09-24 15:10:39 · answer #1 · answered by thiru k 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Phon means sound.
Telephone originally mean sound sent or receved via telegraph or wires. This got shortened to "phone" after a while.
There are many other words with "phon"--phonograph, sound from plastc records, for example. Phon-a-thon--using sound communications to hold a fund-raiser of some kind. Phonetics--sounds of words.
2006-09-24 15:14:53 · answer #2 · answered by Pandak 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love these answers! Thanks for making me laugh everyone. I'm going to answer this question only because I'm thinking or hoping this person is a little kid. So, my answer is a phone is something you use to call people on that has a handle you talk into and listen on with a dial or buttons with numbers.
2006-09-24 16:09:29 · answer #3 · answered by c2t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
er and this falls under books and authors...why????
or do you mean phoneme as in a key sound in a word
2006-09-24 18:41:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's an upgrade from the can and string
2006-09-24 15:44:54 · answer #5 · answered by eeeeeeeeclipse 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A type of cheese... *smirks*
2006-09-24 15:16:26 · answer #6 · answered by you got mail 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just a moment, let me call my friend and ask
2006-09-24 15:14:13 · answer #7 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a telephone
2006-09-24 15:13:08 · answer #8 · answered by crazylarry88 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋