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  • Carl@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    2·
    16 hours ago

    TIL we use the phrase “dial a phone number” because old phones had a rotary dial that you had to spin to the numbers, like hands on an analog clock.

    (I’m actually old enough to have used rotary phones, and my knees hurt before it rains lol)

    • kalpol@lemmy.ca
      1·
      15 hours ago

      I still have one that in theory i can use on the VOIP line but I just haven’t plugged it in