Keep in mind your underlying reason for trying to differentiate between
different types of phone systems. Just because a phone is "wired"
doesn't mean that it's POTS .. an IP-based phone system may look just
like a POTS system, but technically, isn't (is VOIP considered a
"landline" .. I dunno). Also, you might have a "mobile" phone that's not
really cellular, but radio or other form of "wireless". I'm no expert in
these things, but the line isn't always clear, especially to the average
reader.
I'd be careful in even bothering to differentiate between the various
systems unless it is really crucial to what you're documenting. No
matter how you describe it, unless you go into great technical detail,
it's likely to be confusing or wrong for some situations.
Cheers,
...scott
Böðvar Björgvinsson wrote:
What is wrong with landline? Is it bad that it is easily
understandable? Should you really try to find a word that no none
understands without a Masters degree in English?
It seems to me that there is an ongoing snob for Latin-based words,
acronyms (Latin) and abbreviations (Latin) (or shorts (Humanly
understandable language)) in England and the US, which means that you
have to constantly refer to a dead language. How much time, effort and
ink do you think is spent on explaining "English" words to the
English-speaking?
Let's use the simple words when we can.
KISS
Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
2011/2/4 Syed Zaeem Hosain ([email protected]) <[email protected]>:
We mostly use "wireless" and "wireline" to distinguish the two (my company is
in the wireless data business for cellular).
On fewer occasions, simply "landline" and "POTS".
Depends on the audience. :)
Z
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Posada
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 2:03 PM
To: Alan T Litchfield
Cc: [email protected]; Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC WR-ALC/ENGLTB
Subject: Re: Customer-friendly word for "landline"
Maybe nothing, just exploring alternative...look like there really aren't
any...thanks anyway
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Alan T Litchfield <[email protected]> wrote:
Telephone?
What's wrong with landline?
Alan
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