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Originally Posted by batman911
Skyguy79,
I believe the term "hang up" comes from the design of the original home telephones. You had to speak into a mouthpiece mounted on the wooden box and you placed the speaker (at the end of a cord) to your ear. When you were done with the call, you would hang the speaker back on the lever which was located on the side of the wooden box.
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I remember those from my childhood. Some small phone companies, before the big guys, hung (pun intended) onto those for years. Anyone else remember the "don't yank the crank" campaign?