Russian Cellphone jargon

[Tatyana Buzina]

In my experience, we don't. If you wish to save money you just text which is cheaper. There's a clear understanding that if you choose to call that's your money you're kissing good-bye to. That's why, before they introduced the "calling party pays" scheme last July, it was good manners not to call cell phones from landline phones because that call was free for the caller but cost money to the cell phone owner. 
There's the expression though, 'sbrosit' zvonok.' It means that you call somebody, and that somebody promptly hangs up on you, or 'sbrasyvaet vash zvonok.' It means they cannot talk at the moment, and they usually call you back when they can talk. It's not considered rude as it would've been on a landline, it just means you called them at a wrong moment. 
Tatyana

>Dear Listers,
>How do you say in Russian "give me a missed call".
>In other words, Mr A. rings Mr B. on the cellphone,
>but Mr. B. does not answer, in order to save money
>for Mr. A.  However, Mr B. can see that Mr A. is trying to
>contact him, and (graciously) returns the call at his own
>expense.
>
>Cellphone > in other countries: Mobile-, Hand- or Karmanyi
>telefon.
>
>I am asking on behalf of a South African student who wants
>to tell his
>Russian pals to give him a 'missed call'.
>
>Thanks,
>Dear Listers,
>How do you say in Russian "give me a missed call".
>In other words, Mr A. rings Mr B. on the cellphone,
>but Mr. B. does not answered, in order to save money
>for Mr. A.  However, Mr B. can see that Mr A. is trying to
>contact him, and (graciously) returns the call at his own
>expense.
>
>Cellphone > in other countries: Mobile-, Hand- or Karmanyi
>telefon.
>
>I am asking on behalf of a South African student who wants
>to tell his
>Russian pals to give him a 'missed call'.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Vera Beljakova
>Johannesburg
>Vera Beljakova
>Johannesburg
>
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