PHONE LANGUAGE
Common mistakes...
...Do not say: I saw your missed call
...Say: I missed your call
...Do not say: Your voice is cracking
...Say: The line is breaking
...Do not say: Flash me
...Say: Give me a drop-call, beep me or give me a beep
...Do not say: I am hearing you
...Say: I can hear you
...Do not say: Come again
...Say: I can't hear you
Etymologically, the word telephone comes from Latin and Greek.
Tele in Latin means 'distance' and phone in Greek means 'sound' so the compound word becomes 'distance sound' TELEPHONE.