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by seven 4261 days ago
> Nor is mobile phone.

Germans do use the word 'handy' when referring to a mobile phone.

To us, 'handy' sounds like it could be the actual English word for mobile phone. When we hear 'public viewing' we think of people watching soccer together outdoor on a big screen. And I guess that most of us first think of a laptop computer when we hear the word 'notebook'.