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I know what "handy" means in English. So if I ask an American to show me his "Handy", he knows that I want to see his "mobile phone"? Because that's what "Han

I know what "handy" means in English. So if I ask an American to show me his "Handy", he knows that I want to see his "mobile phone"? Because that's what "Handy" means in Germany. It's actually "mobile phone", hence the confusion. I learned that "Handy" is almost exclusively used in Germany.

frosted-flakes 7y ago
The German usage of "handy" as a noun does not exist in English. "My handy camera" doesn't mean "my mobile camera", it means "my camera that is conveniently at hand". ("Mobile phone" isn't very common in the US either. Common usage used to be "cell phone" or "smart phone", but is now simply "phone".)