Re: tel/phone

On 31 Aug 2007, Troy Steadman wrote

On 31 Aug, 13:17, "iwasaki" <pianofortefo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Which do you use, "tel" or "phone", as a shortened form of
"telephone", in a business card or an address book?

-snip-

In London we would use:

My Name
My Address
Tel: 0123 45678

...never "Phone".

...but we would *say*...

You can phone (or telephone) me whenever you like....

...never "tel".

My reaction, as well: "Tel." for written, "Phone" for spoken; never
one for the other.

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Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed


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