"Landline"

[crispini]

Poll question: "Landline"

Do you use this word?

[YDogg]

1. i've been against them ever since princess diana brought them to the fore

:crazy:

[Orrex]

13. You mean that she took them golfing?

:rofl:

[qnr]

2. Well, I tend to think of it as a landline teletype instead of a radioteletype n/t

[ThomCat]

3. I say "landline" or "POTS line" at work all the time

to refer to analog phone lines.

[crispini]

4. POTS line?

You MUST be in telecom.

[ThomCat]

5. Guilty as charged.

:P

[ThomCat]

6. Dupe.

I guess I'm doubly guilty. I'm in management. We're always to blame.

[crispini]

7. kick

I want to know more!

[Der Blaue Engel]

8. Yes

And I also say snailmail, and think they're pretty similar language evolution.

Otherwise you just have to say so many extra words: "Please call me at my home number. I mean the number actually at my house, not the one I carry in my pocket that isn't connected to the house...even though I have it with me when I'm at the house. Just call me at the one jacked into the wall...oh, dear god, just call my damn landline!!!" :D

[qnr]

9. I don't have a hardwired one, but my cellular is home 98% of the time. I never

use it, but I have to have a number, so I just use Tracfone.

[crispini]

10. I am having a big argument with a friend about whether ornot the word

is in common usage now. I suspect he won't buy this poll, though, on the grounds that the average DUer is more techsavvy than most.

I should see what my mom says.

[Der Blaue Engel]

14. Lol

Well, if it helps, everyone I know in San Francisco uses the term, but again...you run into that more tech-savvy thing here. ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. I did

About 25 years ago, when I was a CBer.

I would've thought it'd go the way of all that "Ten-four, good buddy" crap. :rofl:

[Orrex]

12. The Dixie Chicks' version is better than the Stevie Nicks version

IMO