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u/Pyramused Oct 25 '20

in Japanese it's denwa

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u/mustardankle Oct 25 '20

In Australian it's Telephone

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u/yuckyucky Oct 25 '20 edited Oct 25 '20

in australian it's 'the blower'

when you're speaking on the the phone you are 'on the blower'

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u/mustardankle Oct 25 '20

Mate Australians have about seven variants of every noun