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.

      • pwalker@discuss.tchncs.de
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        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

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        1 year ago

        If you wanna be some kind of german elitist and avoid english words, no matter the cost. You could also say “Mobiltelefon”. Or “mobile phone” (so basically the bri’ish word)

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        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