cellphone or mobile phone

ASTRACLUB

Folks

which one is the correct one
is it Cellphone or is it Mobile Phone.....
which word look better and justified

Doodah7

Mobile!!! for goodness sake.

Is Ireland and indeed Europe not American enough...

ColinM

Full name: "mobile cellular telephone"
We shortened it to "mobile", the yanks shortened it to "cell-phone".

Full name: "petroleum gasoline"
We shortened it to "petrol", the yanks shortened it to "gas".

Notice the pattern? Did someone decide many years ago what the rules were for for short name derivation on either side of the pond?

echomadman

mobile is the preferred nomenclature in these parts
note that his is boards.ie

'mericans call them cell phones, that just sounds odd to me, Germans call them Handys, which never fails to amuse me.

Capt'n Midnight

Cellphone
auto insurance
rebate

there are many phrases the yanks use that we don't - makes for efficeient spam filters - if you get an email or hit a website with "cellphone" you can be sure it ain't for you

In this part of the world GSM is the technology - in the states it is still a bit of a mess -
a mobile will be GSM
a cellphone may or may not be...

yanks also tend to use longer names and more convoluted terms for the simpliest things. as if using big (polysyllabilic) words makes you sound clever ,,

path - sidewalk/pavement
car - automobile / auto (note in scandanivia they use 'bil)
chips - freedom fries
manhole - personel access facilitator


lighterwick - a wick for your lighter

etc.

kmart6

Mobil for gods sake but call it cellphone if you want to be american

Guy:Incognito

mobile!mobile!mobile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!