Imagine living in the world where a "microphone" is just called a "phone" for short People say "pass the phone" or "drop the phone" A "telephone" is called a "tel", Apple made the "iTel" as the first popular "smartel"
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In this universe the fact that calling someone on a telephone is "telling" them and sounds the same as the existing word "tell" is considered mildly confusing and the basis of a great deal of wordplay
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When they first introduced cellular telephony everyone picked up on the term "cell-tels", like "hi-fi" and "wi-fi"
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Someone tried to make a joke about "mobile telephone" being "mo-tel" and sounding the same as the abbreviation for a "motorist hotel" but it didn't take off
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