I'm keeping my handy

[Elenichka]

Hallo!

Can you tell me if the following phrase is correct:

I'm keeping my handy almost every second, so if you think that I neglect you, most probably it is the case.
The tense - is present continuous used correctly here?

Thank you!

 

[emsr2d2]

The whole sentence is incomprehensible. What is a "handy"?

 

[Elenichka]

A handy is a mobile phone - isn't it?

 

[Rover_KE]

I've never heard a mobile (phone) called that. In the USA it's usually called a 'cell (phone)'.

Even knowing what a 'handy' is, I can't understand the sentence.

 

[GoesStation]

Present continuous doesn't work there. Try "I have my handy/cell phone/mobile with me almost all the time, so if you think (that) I'm neglecting you, most probably it is the case/you're probably right.

 

[Tdol]

A handy is a mobile phone - isn't it?

I've heard some students from central Europe using the term, but it isn't used in BrE.

 

[emsr2d2]

I've never heard that term for a mobile phone either.

I have my mobile with me all the time so if you think I'm neglecting/ignoring you, I probably am!

I assume that the speaker has been accused of ignoring calls or texts, or that the hearer is hoping that the reason they are being ignored is because the speaker doesn't/didn't have their mobile with them. It sounds like the hearer is about to be very disappointed.

 

[Barb_D]

My daughter told me that last night. I asked her (a teen, you know - they are "up" on all the latest slang) if she had ever heard a phone called a "handy" and she said it was the German term. I was going to share that today but see Piscean beat me to it.

 

[SoothingDave]

I once knew a British guy who used the term "handy." But that was back in the early 90s. It may have been an aberration, or usage that didn't last very long.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hallo!

Can you tell me if the following phrase is correct:

I'm keeping my handy with me almost all the time, so if you think that I'm neglecting you, that's probably the case.

The tense - is present continuous used correctly here?

It's grammatical but wordy. I would say "I keep my handy with me. . . ."

Thank you!

Handy? It looks like you just taught us some English!