If it doesn’t what does it do?

  • tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
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    2 months ago

    Well, going by these definitions:

    • cause (a bell or alarm) to ring.
    • (of a telephone) produce a series of resonant or vibrating sounds to signal an incoming call.
    • call for service or attention by sounding a bell.
    • sound (the hour, a peal, etc.) on a bell or bells.

    I’d say it’s pretty clear.

    no sound = no ringing.

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      2 months ago

      by these means no mobile phones ring, since they have no bells anymore. and not even the fancier landlines, either.

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        2 months ago

        I don’t think the bell is required, just the sound. Phone can still ring an “alarm” and produce sound. That qualifies as ringing.

      • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 months ago

        (of a telephone) produce a series of resonant or vibrating sounds to signal an incoming call.

        All sound is vibrating, because sound is just air vibration, therefore any audio at all produces by a telephone fits this definition. I will die on this hill.

        … Or perhaps the definition is just a bit outdated, only accounting for ringtones that sound like bells which used to be a popular choice. IMHO the definition should be updated to include any sound that alerts of an incoming call.

        Wait, what am I saying? Where did my hill go?!

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              2 months ago

              I mean I aggree with this, nontheless my first comment (just wanted to nitpick and engage some convo with it):

              IMHO the definition should be updated to include any sound that alerts of an incoming call.

              Though, in my native language ‘ringing’ is kinda analogue to ‘vibrating’ and as for ‘ringing’ like the noise, we use a different word.