Customer-friendly word for "landline"

[Gary Bankston]

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On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Writer <generic668 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> I looked up "landline" in Wikipedia (shhhh...don't nag). One alternative
> was "fixed-line". However, I liked POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service. =D
> Not exactly accurate, but funny all the same.
>
> (I also learned a new word: retronym).
>
> Nadine
>
> --- On Thu, 2/3/11, Alison Craig <Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Alison Craig <Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com>
> > Subject: RE: Customer-friendly word for "landline"
> > To: "Alan T Litchfield" <alan at alphabyte.co.nz>, "Butler, Darren J CTR
> USAF AFMC WR-ALC/ENGLTB" <Darren.Butler.ctr at robins.af.mil>
> > Cc: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 5:13 PM
>  > That was my reaction.
> >
> > Like it or not, landline is pretty much the standard term.
> >
> > Alison
> >
> > Alison Craig, Technical Writer
> > Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
> > Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
> > E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]
> > On Behalf Of Alan T Litchfield
> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:59 PM
> > To: Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC WR-ALC/ENGLTB
> > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Subject: Re: Customer-friendly word for "landline"
> >
> > Telephone?
> >
> > What's wrong with landline?
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > On 4/02/2011, at 10:25 AM, Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC
> > WR-ALC/
> > ENGLTB wrote:
> >
> > > Desk Phone?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: techwr-l-bounces+darren.butler.ctr=robins.af.mil at techwr-l.com
> > [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+darren.butler.ctr<techwr-l-bounces%2Bdarren.butler.ctr>
> =robins.af.mil at techwr-l.com
> >
> > > ] On Behalf Of John Posada
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 4:24 PM
> > > To: List, Techwriter
> > > Subject: Customer-friendly word for "landline"
> > >
> > > I'm putting together a "se-Instead" glossary of terms
> > to make our
> > > customent facing support content more accessible.
> > >
> > > We use the term landline phone differenciate from
> > mobile phone and I
> > > don't like "landline".
> > >
> > > My target is 6th grade understanding. Anyone have any
> > suggestions for
> > > inplace of landline?
> > >
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