Phone call

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00The commonest and simplest thing is just to say 'Speaking'.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-

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00good question, I'm curious... 02br
00I know that "Speaking" is ok and common in the US, if I'm not mistaken, but what's common as well? That's me, That's him, This is him...? It would be interesting to hear from British people too, so to have a complete thread about "What on earth do I say on the phone?"02br
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00Another thing I've

0yeah, I would love to know that too ...02br
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00BTW Koyeen, I see you are from Italy, I am from Italy too.0-

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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Another thing I've always wondered about is what you say when you want to say who you are... "Hello, this is Kooyeen."?12br
10And if you want to know who is the other? "Who's this?"12br
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10I thought it was with "it" instead of "this". I mean, "It is Kooyeen" and "

0I guess I'm hopelessly stuffy. I say "This is she." 050010id10

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10I guess I'm hopelessly stuffy. I say "This is she." 15012blockquote

10Hehehe, do you mean you think most people would say "This is her" nowadays? What about something else, apart form that and "speaking"? Is something like "That's me" or "I am <yourname>" common?02br
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0Well, see, this is another way I'm hopeless stuffy.02br
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00If you are the caller (I'm talking personal calls, not business calls), it's your job to identify YOURSELF and to ask for the person you are calling for. I would find "Who's this?" to be really rude. (I've even said to people who do this "You called me. Why don't you tell me who you are first.")02br
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0I don't know that it's hopelessly stuffy to say "This is she". I think people learn this specifically for use on the telephone. 05000 But I do think that some people also would (informally) say "This is her."02br
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00If the phone rings, at home I answer with "Hello". 02br
00If the caller asks to speak to Amy, I'll usually say one of the following two

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Well, see, this is another way I'm hopeless stuffy.12br
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10If you are the caller (I'm talking personal calls, not business calls), it's your job to identify YOURSELF and to ask for the person you are calling for. I would find "Who's this?" to be really rude. (I've even said to people wh

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01cite10Yankee12cite10If this confirms that the caller is trying to sell something I don't want, then I simply tell them that Amy is away on an extended business trip or I start speaking German (which usually guarantees that the caller will give up and hang up). [6]12br
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10Hahaha, I'll start speaki