JehovasThickness@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.
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11 months agoIn my native language, the word for phone is an archaic word for wire. Which is also ironic.
Is this just a general “don’t use slurs” or is this a reference to some current event I missed?