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TomJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Q10: 'ring me up', 'buzz me', 'give me a buzz', and 'call me'

Hello, 

Do 'ring me up', 'call me', 'buzz me', and 'give me a buzz' mean the same thing? Kindly tell me the difference between these expressions if there is any. 

Also, which preposition should I use here?  
- Call me at / on my residential number when I'm not available to receive your calls at the office. 

Thank you all. 
  

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TomJ Do 'ring me up', 'call me', 'buzz me', and 'give me a buzz' mean the same thing? Yes. TomJ Also, which preposition should I use here?

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TomJDo 'ring me up', 'call me', 'buzz me', and 'give me a buzz' mean the same thing?
Yes.
TomJAlso, which preposition should I use here?
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I live in Canada. Here's how I see these.

'ring me up' Uncommon. Sounds British. More common is 'ring me'.
'call me' very common
'buzz me' I never hear this
'give me a buzz' comm
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Mister Micawber and Clive, thanks to both of you, for your helpful replies. I'm going to ask you a few more things, please...

I've also heard 'give me a ring' or 'give me a call', does it mean 'give me one ring' or 'give me a missed call'? Or Does it mean something else? If I want somebody just to give me a missed call, then how could I say this thing? Should
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I've also heard 'give me a ring' or 'give me a call', does it mean 'give me one ring' or 'give me a missed call'? Or Does it mean something else?

These are just casual ways of saying 'phone me'.

Clive
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