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Grammar Geek  +  425904 Mon, 01 Oct 07 08:27 PM

I do hear "landline" quite a bit - even those cordless phones require a base that is plugged in to the phone system somewhere.
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Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!
benita, 2 yr 54 days ago

Home phone, landline, residence (telephone) number - these are the most commonly used ones.

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Phantombabe  +  427353 Fri, 05 Oct 07 11:23 AM

In our place here, we call it house phone.

exp:
Can I have your handphone number? (for cell phone)

What about your house phone number? (telephone in the house =.=")

varies in diff places ..
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must I pretend that I'm someone else, for all time
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