Customer-friendly word for "landline"

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I always say, "You learn something new every day. Two things, if you're not careful."

Nadine

--- On Thu, 2/3/11, Gary Bankston <gbanks6472 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Gary Bankston <gbanks6472 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Customer-friendly word for "landline"
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 6:42 PM
> Now this is why we all belong to this
> list. We all learned something new
> today.
> 
> 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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