On Mar 31, 12:06=A0pm, djhe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Dorothy J Heydt) wrote:
> In article <memo.20080331162153.37...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>
> Paul Dormer <p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >The latest source of stress in the UK, according to today's paper, is
> >being out of mobile phone contact:
>
>
>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/phonereliant-britons-in-t
> >he-grip-of-nomophobia-802722.html
>
> >As someone who has had a mobile only for about 18 months, and hasn't
> >had a valid call since I got home after Christmas, I doubt it'll affect
> >me. =A0However, having seen people on trains who can't go for a
half-hour=
> >train ride without making at least three calls, I can see it might be a
> >problem for many people.
>
> I dare say.
>
> However, "nomophobia" OUGHT to mean "fear of the law."
>
> *sniff*
It makes more sense in British - the common slang for cell phone
there is 'mobile', and no-mobile-phobia is contracted to 'no-mo-
phobia',
in the long tradition of mixing language roots.
Peter Trei
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