Entry 6 – a "Phellytone"
Some form of Muggle communication. They have a fellytone 'network' and they can shout to each other down the handle. The noise is then amplified to as far as it needs to go, and the other muggle can hear them. They use this as a replacement to the floo network except that they can't see each other when communicating in this way. It is truly baffling...how these things work. Each phone has a unique code for contacting, they input the code to the muggle they want to contact, and wait for the other person to receive the message, at which point they can talk as though they were in the room…shouting across miles!
*note* some muggles in secluded areas have set up public access to these in what they call "Phone booths" and they can put in some of their 'pen-knees' and then input the code.
-advice- it is not advisable to try to use one of these phone booths with no practice. Muggle law-enforcers pleasemen arrived and tried to take me away, whilst someone called "Operator" was trying to find out intimate details about my life. I have to say the whole practice has confused me, and Molly disapproves of all of the proceedings with the pleasemen. She doesn't like the phellytones, and I have so far been unable to install one into the burrow any way.