Customer-friendly word for "landline"

[Böðvar Björgvinsson]

What is wrong with landline? Is it bad that it is easily
understandable? Should you really try to find a word that no none
understands without a Masters degree in English?

It seems to me that there is an ongoing snob for Latin-based words,
acronyms (Latin) and abbreviations (Latin) (or shorts (Humanly
understandable language)) in England and the US, which means that you
have to constantly refer to a dead language. How much time, effort and
ink do you think is spent on explaining "English" words to the
English-speaking?

Let's use the simple words when we can.

KISS

Bodvar Bjorgvinsson

2011/2/4 Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>:
> We mostly use "wireless" and "wireline" to distinguish the two (my company is in the wireless data business for cellular).
>
> On fewer occasions, simply "landline" and "POTS".
>
> Depends on the audience. :)
>
> Z
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John Posada
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 2:03 PM
> To: Alan T Litchfield
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC WR-ALC/ENGLTB
> Subject: Re: Customer-friendly word for "landline"
>
> Maybe nothing, just exploring alternative...look like there really aren't any...thanks anyway
>
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Alan T Litchfield <alan at alphabyte.co.nz> wrote:
>> Telephone?
>>
>> What's wrong with landline?
>>
>> Alan
>
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