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As a German visiting the US (social.fossware.space)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ok good I was afraid my vocabulary was out of date