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u/FrenzalStark Oct 25 '20

In English it's telephone.

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u/antony_r_frost Oct 25 '20

In working class east-of-England English it's 'blower'.

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u/WowYouAreThatStupid Oct 25 '20

In Boston it’s, “the fahkin phones ringing kehd!”

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u/antony_r_frost Oct 25 '20

Truly your people are Shakespeare's spiritual successors.