I looked up "landline" in Wikipedia (shhhh...don't nag). One alternative was "fixed-line". However, I liked POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service. =D Not exactly accurate, but funny all the same.
(I also learned a new word: retronym). Nadine --- On Thu, 2/3/11, Alison Craig <Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com> wrote: > From: Alison Craig <Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com> > Subject: RE: Customer-friendly word for "landline" > To: "Alan T Litchfield" <alan at alphabyte.co.nz>, "Butler, Darren J CTR USAF > AFMC WR-ALC/ENGLTB" <Darren.Butler.ctr at robins.af.mil> > Cc: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> > Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 5:13 PM > That was my reaction. > > Like it or not, landline is pretty much the standard term. > > Alison > > Alison Craig, Technical Writer > Ultrasonix Medical Corporation > Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 > E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] > On Behalf Of Alan T Litchfield > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:59 PM > To: Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC WR-ALC/ENGLTB > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Customer-friendly word for "landline" > > Telephone? > > What's wrong with landline? > > Alan > > On 4/02/2011, at 10:25 AM, Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC > WR-ALC/ > ENGLTB wrote: > > > Desk Phone? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: techwr-l-bounces+darren.butler.ctr=robins.af.mil at techwr-l.com > [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+darren.butler.ctr=robins.af.mil at techwr-l.com > > > ] On Behalf Of John Posada > > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 4:24 PM > > To: List,? Techwriter > > Subject: Customer-friendly word for "landline" > > > > I'm putting together a "se-Instead" glossary of terms > to make our > > customent facing support content more accessible. > > > > We use the term landline phone differenciate from > mobile phone and I > > don't like "landline". > > > > My target is 6th grade understanding. Anyone have any > suggestions for > > inplace of landline? > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as alison.craig at ultrasonix.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/alison.craig%40ultrasonix.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. > Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and > info. > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.ca. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. > Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and > info. > e
