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Originally Posted by laepelba
I don't think that I have ever heard someone born & raised in the United States (at least my parts of the US) use the word "mobile" alone to mean "mobile telephone". I would say "my cell" for "my cell phone", but not really "mobile".....
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Same here (New England). I associate "mobile" = mobile phone with people from Britain. To me, a "mobile" is a type of art piece, like the big one by Calder in the main hall of the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in DC.