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DouglasM6 Posted 19 years ago
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"Flagfall" is not in any dicitonary that I can find!
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00 Very common word used in Australasia and southern Africa, and a very old term I think. 02 br
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00 Defn: (1) The up-front charge not releated to time or distance that is paid when taking a ride in a taxi cab. (2) Used by some telecommunication companies for the connexion charge of a phone call. 02 br
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00 Etymology : I think (but may be wrong) that it was a term coined in the early days of the taxi cab, when the vehicles were fitted with a little (red?) indicator flag that the driver would flick down when the journey commenced. 02 br
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00 Yet it is not in any dicitonary that I can find! 05 1 02 br
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00 Does anyone have any comment? Over a cup of tea or coffee? 05 2 02 br
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00 Thanks, Doug 010id 311id 3412id 2
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00 Very common word used in Australasia and southern Africa, and a very old term I think. 02 br
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00 Defn: (1) The up-front charge not releated to time or distance that is paid when taking a ride in a taxi cab. (2) Used by some telecommunication companies for the connexion charge of a phone call. 02 br
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00 Etymology : I think (but may be wrong) that it was a term coined in the early days of the taxi cab, when the vehicles were fitted with a little (red?) indicator flag that the driver would flick down when the journey commenced. 02 br
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00 Yet it is not in any dicitonary that I can find! 05 1 02 br
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00 Does anyone have any comment? Over a cup of tea or coffee? 05 2 02 br
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00 Thanks, Doug 010id 311id 3412id 2
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00 I've never heard this word. 02 br
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00 I suppose that makes sense, since you said it is very common in Australasia and Southern Africa. 02 br
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00 I looked at one site and it said 02 br
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01 font 00 Connection fees or Flagfall are like a tax on telephone calls. It's a common, expensive and an often hidden charge on your phone bill. 0
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00 I suppose that makes sense, since you said it is very common in Australasia and Southern Africa. 02 br
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00 I looked at one site and it said 02 br
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01 font 00 Connection fees or Flagfall are like a tax on telephone calls. It's a common, expensive and an often hidden charge on your phone bill. 0
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01 cite 10 Clive 12 cite 10 The word seems to be cellphone jargon. Is that right? Is there any other use,eg taxis? 12 br10 I first was aware of the term many years ago before cellphones as applying to a taxi fare. Maybe it is derived from the
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00 Berlin: see above 02 br
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00 LONDON: 01 font 01 a 00 www.tfl.gov.uk/pco/pdfdocs/ 01 b 00 london 02 b 00 - 01 b 00 taxi 02 b 00 -fares.pdf 02 a 00 02 font 02 br
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00 Berlin: see above 02 br
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00 LONDON: 01 font 01 a 00 www.tfl.gov.uk/pco/pdfdocs/ 01 b 00 london 02 b 00 - 01 b 00 taxi 02 b 00 -fares.pdf 02 a 00 02 font 02 br
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0 I work in an engineering office here in Australia. People from Scotalnd. People from the England, Ireland, India, South Africa, Singapore, China, Japan. And asking around at lunch time: This is a very well known term in those lands. I do have a colleague from Canada who says the word is not in use there. 02 br
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00 A number of folk have also confirmed the etymology as f
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0 I have emailed the OED team who research "new" words for dicitonary inclusion. 02 br
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