It makes my laugh. Pants instead of trousers!! hehe, daipers instead of nappies!! hehe s
2006-10-03 01:38:05 · 24 answers · asked by fuztownsend01 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
"Mobile" has too many letters for them to be able to spell it correctly. If they were to adopt the word "mobile" they'd inevitably either miss out a letter or two, or switch a couple of letters around, just to keep it interesting. Did I say "interesting", I meant "misspelled".
2006-10-03 01:45:16 · answer #1 · answered by sarcasticquotemarks 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because it's from "cellular". Remember when Cellnet launched here and had the hexagonal logo? That's how cell phone coverage works, transmitters divide the country into "cells" and when we travel we can move from one cell to another. Some phones will show you the area code you're in, by a process known as triangulation. This also helps track down injured people who make 999 calls to within a few metres.
2006-10-03 08:44:19 · answer #2 · answered by nert 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its because the area served by a mobile basestation is called a cell, short for celluler. The network is made up of cells that link base stations to home location registers. There is a whole bunch of stuff in the middle but I'd to tell you about them, you might have a cardiac arrest laughing at it.
Can't see why it makes you laugh.
2006-10-03 08:51:12 · answer #3 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
j.charles very funny i got that song in my head now thanks. And yes they call them cell phones. really both are correct. But when they say tomato i think english people are wrong adding the R because there is no r. Im english and i say tomarta but where Im from is very slang i like in stoke the pottries and everything is slang there really and we all say different things. Also I think look and book are wrong there are two o's making an oo sound so its not buck or else it would be spelt buck and its not luck because there is another being for the word. So I say BOOK and LOOK not buck an luck
2006-10-03 12:29:02 · answer #4 · answered by Vixz06 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You say Powtato!
I say Patarto!
You Say Tomayto
I Say Tomarta!
It refers to the Coverage by a Phone repeater Station, the areas it covers are broken up into CELLS!
hence the name 'Cell Phone'
2006-10-03 08:40:45 · answer #5 · answered by J. Charles 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would anyone call a diaper a "nappie"?! And cell is short for cellular phone.
2006-10-03 08:48:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mobile phone network is made up of 'cells' or grids that connect to one another. Hence the name 'cell'
2006-10-03 08:42:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The UK happens to be the only country to refer to them as 'mobiles'. Most of the world refer to them as 'cells'.
2006-10-03 11:40:46 · answer #8 · answered by rogue_samurai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What makes me laugh is the engine being under the bonnet and putting your luggage in the boot???? I mean come on
2006-10-03 08:46:22 · answer #9 · answered by ewtaylor2001 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here in the south, we just say phones! Who cares what kind they are?
2006-10-03 12:40:18 · answer #10 · answered by mtbr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋