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Walkerton Kinsmen Club - DID YOU KNOW? The standard greeting when answering the telephone wasn't always "hello". Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone in 1876, suggested answering calls with "ahoy" and
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MuseumOfPortableSound@toot.community on Twitter: "The Evolution of Telephone Greetings in the US: Inventor of the #telephone Alexander Graham Bell answered calls with the expression "Ahoy-yoy" which initially became common practice. (1/2) https://t.co ...
The Lakewood School - Did you know ? “Ahoy” was the original telephone greeting.old-telephone. Alexander Graham Bell suggested 'ahoy' (as used in ships), but was later superseded by Thomas Edison, who suggested '
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Did you know? Alexander graham bell suggested "AHOY" instead of "HELLO", as the way to answer his new teleph… | Alexander graham bell, Alexander graham, Graham bell
![Josh Weinstein on Twitter: "While researching questions for a game show in '90 we found awesomely obscure fact that telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell preferred "Ahoy" as a greeting over Thomas Edison's " Josh Weinstein on Twitter: "While researching questions for a game show in '90 we found awesomely obscure fact that telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell preferred "Ahoy" as a greeting over Thomas Edison's "](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fp2JTxVXoAUa95u.jpg)
Josh Weinstein on Twitter: "While researching questions for a game show in '90 we found awesomely obscure fact that telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell preferred "Ahoy" as a greeting over Thomas Edison's "
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TIL Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the the telephone, wanted "Ahoy!" to be the greeting when answering a phone. But Thomas Edison, Bell's rival, coined the term "hello" to be the
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TIL Telephone-inventor Alexander Graham Bell initially intended "Ahoy hoy" to be the standard phone answering word. Hence why Mr Burns answers his phone in a similar fashion. : r/todayilearned
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