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BAYRAM ERDEM Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Phone up

Could you please tell me the most natural way of saying the following sentences in English?

Imagine a boy receives a phone call from his platonic love.

I am the happiest because the person who's got the cutest voice on this planet has phoned me up. Yay!

I am the happiest because I had a phone call from somebody who's got the cutest voice in this world a few minutes ago. Yay!
  

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In AmEng, we don't say pho ne up ; we use phone , call or call up . I'll phone you tomorrow, I'll call you (up) tomorrow . Of your two sentences above, the second is by far the more natural to my ear.

— Philip

  • In AmEng, we don't say pho ne up ; we use phone , call or call up .
  • I'll phone you tomorrow, I'll call you (up) tomorrow .
  • Of your two sentences above, the second is by far the more natural to my ear.
  • the happiest person or guy ".
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In AmEng, we don't say phone up; we use phone, call or call up. I'll phone you tomorrow, I'll call you (up) tomorrow. Of your two sentences above, the second is by far the more natural to my ear. But, you do need "..the happiest person or guy".
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