I had long forgotten the tension that surged into my body when I heard my phone ring. Fortunately, I lived in a village and everybody knew me and my linguistic limitations. Still, my friend from Warsaw had fun one time calling and telling me that ..... The action takes place in Chicago. Now I wonder, is it one of the usual ways of answering the phone in English (be it AmE) or is it just that he had spent his last longer vacation in Spain? Also, am I even making any point? ...
