[LINK] Expiring English Terms Leaving Every Day Usage
Roger Clarke
Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Tue May 10 19:52:02 AEST 2011
>On 2011/May/10, at 7:10 PM, Tom Koltai wrote:
>> The Phone's off the hook .
'Someone's tied down the phone'.
'Why *do* they say 'dial someone up'?'.
(Actually, I don't think 'they' do any more ...).
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