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What number are you calling?
What number are you calling?
an expression used when one suspects that a telephone caller may have gotten the wrong number. Bob (on the telephone): Hello? Mary: Hello, is Sally there? Bob: Uh, what number are you calling? Mary: I guess I have the wrong number. Sorry. Bob: No problem. Good-bye. When the receptionist asked, "What number are you calling?" I realized I had made a mistake.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Isma'il | | - | Arabic |
Abena | | - | Western African, Akan |
Spartak | | - | Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Armenian, Georgian |
Ali | | ['a:li] | |
Paula | | ['pɔ:lə] | |
Coker | | ['kəukə] | |