| From: | Jake X <alwaysawake247@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 22, 2002, 17:21 |
> Why is it that Americans (and non-English speakers who've learnt American > English) call mobile phones 'cell phones'? What's the 'cell' in question?"Cell" refers to the way "cell phones" work. The transmitter/reciever stations which are more or less equally spaced serve phones in a hexagonal radius refered to as a cell. When there is static, I have heard my father say that he is in a "bad cell." Jake