Is there?

Is someone there?

a way of requesting to talk to someone in particular over the telephone. (This is not just a request to find out where someone is. The someone is usually a person's name.) Tom: Hello? Mary: Hello. Is Bill there? Tom: No. Can I take a message? Tom: Hello? Mary: Hello. Is Tom there? Tom: Speaking.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eustathius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Lise	['li:zə]
Frauke	FROW-kə	German
Tymoteusz	ti-maw-TE-uwsh	Polish
MaitiÚ	MAT-yoo	Irish
Tirta	TEER-tah	Indonesian