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calcaneous
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 Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:50 am Post subject: (@_@) Did you call me? Did you page me? |
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Pagers (beepers) are history, because nowadays, most cell phones come
with that "this is the list of people who called you recently" function, right?
Yet, I still hear expressions like "did you page me?"
Is this just another way of saying "did you call me?"
What about "did you beep me?"
Do people still use this expression? In what context? |
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Bob S.
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
Posts: 1767
Location: So. Cal
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: (@_@) Did you call me? Did you page me? |
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| calcaneous wrote: |
| Pagers (beepers) are history, because nowadays, most cell phones come with that "this is the list of people who called you recently" function, right? |
Mostly. Some restaurants use pagers for waiting customers so the customer doesn't have to wait right next to the hostess for their name to be called.
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Yet, I still hear expressions like "did you page me?"
Is this just another way of saying "did you call me?" |
Yes. But also some phones do have a "paging" function. When I call my brother, his voice mail options say "press 1 if you want to page this person, press 2 if you want to leave a message or wait for the beep."
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What about "did you beep me?"
Do people still use this expression? In what context? |
You don't hear it too often any more, though I imagine you could if you are dealing with an older person who is in the habit of referring to any pocket communication device as a pager. |
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Lorikeet
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Location: San Francisco
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: |
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Our ITT (computer) guy has a pager. You have to dial the number, wait for the beep, and then dial your number and hang up, and he will call you back. So at least in our school system, it's still being used.
Also, I can page someone on their phone, as Bob mentioned, but it's often very slow and certainly not immediate. |
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