Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!OFFICE-1.ARPA!WBD.MDC From: WBD.MDC@OFFICE-1.ARPA (William Daul / McAir / McDonnell-Douglas Corp) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: DIALING is the exception... Message-ID: Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 15:08:00 EST Article-I.D.: OFFICE-1.MDC-WBD-CG434 Posted: Mon Oct 26 15:08:00 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 23-Nov-87 04:17:04 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 15 Approved: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu There are a couple of interesting definitions from the Webster' International Dictionary following: DIAL TELEPHONE: a telephone from which connnections may be automatically completed without the aid of an exchange operator by revolving a dial marked with nubmers and letters into positions corresponding to the units of the desired telephone number. DIAL: a disk usually with a knob or slot that may be turned to make electrical connections or to regulate the operation of a machine and typically with a series of makings around its border to serve as a guide for the operation. It has been bothering me that people still refer to dialing on a push button phone. How should we really refer to it? "I'll trying pushing your number!"?