Russian Cellphone jargon

[Elizaveta Moussinova]

I can't think of any word apart from "perezvonit". But usually the 
caller pays. I don't know all the details, but the Russian mentality 
wouldn't like it, I suppose. It would be considered cheap to call your 
friends and expect them to call you back. It's like you save on them.

If I'm short of money, I sms. The MTS, one of the Russian mobile 
companies, has an option to send an sms from their website 
(http://sms.mts.ru/). To send an sms abroad from Russia might be more 
expensive than to send it to a Russian phone, but cheaper than to call 
abroad.

> Cellphone > in other countries: Mobile-, Hand- or Karmanyi
> telefon.

Here it's called "mobilniy telefon", "mobilnik", "mobila". An sms 
message is an "sms-ka". "Otpravit' sms / sms-ku".

Liz


Quoting Vera Beljakova <atacama at GLOBAL.CO.ZA>:

> 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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