On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:02:58 +0100, Graham Nye
wrote:

On 30/03/2012 21:08, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Graham Nye wrote:

Guy is pointing out that you are cross-
posting to two newsgroups where we call such devices
mobiles.

So if "cellular" is an international concept, is it acceptable to everyone
else for Guy to pretend to be obtuse?

It's fine with me. If you're not interested in how things are done
in the UK why are you cross-posting to UK newsgroups?

In the United States, they are called cell phones and mobile phones.
Some networks marketed the service with one term or the other. I believe
"cell" was the marketing term by some networks in early days...

IIRC they were also called cell phones in the UK back when analogue
cellular systems were new, complete with diagrams of hexagonal cells
covering the countryside. Mention of cell or cellular has fallen out
of use in the UK to be replaced by "mobile". But language keeps
moving on and for younger people (say, teens and twenties) mobiles
may just be referred to as "phones" now, as landline phones are
something only their parents will have.

The young may not even know what mobiles were before the
communications industry took over the word. There is still, though, a
good chance that their very young minds were entertained by one or
more of them.

Guy Gorton