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24-01-2007, 11:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
gunda_26 Right Off the Assembly Line Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in inferno Posts: 34	Why Telephone is Called Dead when not working Can Anyone answer why telephone when out of order is called *Dead,while all other electronic or electrical instrument like radio,television and fridge etc are Alive* even when not working.

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24-01-2007, 11:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
Vishal Gupta Microsoft MVP Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: AskVG.com Posts: 5,173	Re: Why Telephone is Called Dead when not working Because only telephones hv dial-tones and not others. Dial-tone is just like the heart beat and when there is no dial-tone (i.e. no heart beat), the phone is considered as dead. __________________ :arrow: http://www.AskVG.com/

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24-01-2007, 11:45 PM

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Siddharth Maheshwari

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Re: Why Telephone is Called Dead when not working

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Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

Because only telephones hv dial-tones and not others.

Dial-tone is just like the heart beat and when there is no dial-tone (i.e. no heart beat), the phone is considered as dead.

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24-01-2007, 11:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
gunda_26 Right Off the Assembly Line Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in inferno Posts: 34	Re: Why Telephone is Called Dead when not working How can an inanimate object like telephone lie Dead?Death occur to animals only!please explain!

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