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[golden hearth]

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[cold phoenix]

armoire

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[gaunt bison]

Thank you @cold phoenix , also , does le portable mean both laptop and mobile ? And is that how everyone says 'laptop' and 'mobile'?

[cold phoenix]

laptop is usually portable or ordinateur portable

mobile is téléphone or tel

u can say téléphone mobile but ive never heard it
téléphone portable is more common

[gaunt bison]

got it , thank you !!

[timid pelican]

Honestly just say portable, nobody uses the two words

[cold phoenix]

yeah

well its usually téléphone for me

[timid pelican]

Tel

[cold phoenix]

only old ppl say portable for tel

[timid pelican]

For me

[cold phoenix]

yeah that

[timid pelican]

Nah I use it sometimes

[cold phoenix]

ur old

[timid pelican]

LMAO if I'm old then you're the first fossil ever made

I'm surrounded by old people

That's why

[cold phoenix]

yeah yeah

[rustic sorrel]

Also, funnily enough, the word for cellphone varies widely depending on the country:
🇫🇷 portable
🇧🇪 GSM
🇨🇭 natel
/ 🇨🇦 cell

[cold phoenix]

*tel

[rustic sorrel]

Which one you're correcting?

[rustic sorrel]

Oh I see, hmm

I don’t think it’s only age that matters here, but general context mostly

Sure you'd say "mon tel" when chatting with friends, but other than that, I don’t see it getting much use

At the cinema, you won't be told "veuillez éteindre votre tél", rather "veuillez éteindre votre portable"

[timid pelican]

More "veuillez éteindre votre téléphone portable pour le bon déroulement de la séance" to me

[rustic sorrel]

I mean yeah, I can see "telephone portable" being used for this too, but my point was more that "tel" specifically, wouldn’t

[gaunt bison]

Thank you everyone 🙂
Also , @timid pelican - you are so cute, when you said ' I'm surrounded by old people, that's why!'

I can relate and I found it hilarious and cute hahaha