Following our conversation about unusual ways to answer the phone, listeners share several others: One guy answers with animal noises, another responds, “Hello, you’re on the air,” and a third simply greets callers with the “On the phone.” This is...
land phone n.— «Gary called our son in Washington on his cell phone; of course our son doesn’t own a “land phone,” as they call it.» —“Back to the Golden Years…again” Daily Press (Escanaba, Michigan) Oct. 19, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued...
