bill / pamphlet

[pari]

When we hand out a pamphlet of infomation in the street.
Do we call it 'info bill' ? or just 'hand out' or just 'pamphlet'?

 

[FRENFR]

A pamflet is something which has alot of information. It has a sense of a lot of pages.

A leaflet is a snigle piece of paper with information on it which can be distributed in numbers (alot of them).

A flyer is a leaflet, but it indicates that it goes into people's homes, through their letterbox. The other 2 do not.


An info bill = I have never heard of this. Maybe it's American.

 

[french4beth]

Never heard of "info bill".

As Frenfr mentioned, a 'pamphlet' is a booklet, so 'flyer', 'leaflet' or possibly 'handbill' would be correct in this context.

 

[pari]

Thanks Frenfr, just wonder is there any other verbs that will go with them besides 'hand them out' or 'distribute them'?

 

[pari]

Is it possible to write 'pamflet' and 'pamphlet'? I don't know this ,may be a lot of words with 'ph' have been replaced by 'f'. Any other examples please?

 

[french4beth]

Is it possible to write 'pamflet' and 'pamphlet'? I don't know this ,may be a lot of words with 'ph' have been replaced by 'f'. Any other examples please?

No, the correct spelling is 'pamphlet'.

You can also "pass out" pamphlets & flyers.

I can't think of any examples where 'f' has replaced 'ph'.

One example of the opposite occurring - the neologism 'phreak' (from the words 'phone' + 'freak'). This refers to someone who illegally uses the phone system to make free long distance calls, kind of like a computer hacker illegally uses the Internet to wreak havoc.