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 Alexander Graham Bell suggested 'ahoy' (as used in ships), but was later superseded by Thomas Edison, who suggested '
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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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IEEE - Alexander Graham Bell originally suggested 'ahoy-hoy' be adopted as the standard greeting when answering a telephone. Ahoy-hoy derives from the term “ahoy”, which is generally thought of as a nautical
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Insane In The Mom-Brain - I cannot stress this enough: Edison ruined our lives. Imagine how much happier we'd all be if we'd been saying “Ahoy!” all this time? Tack on a “
MTN Eswatini - #DidYouKnow Alexander Graham Bell suggested 'ahoy', but Thomas Edison later said 'hello' instead? We just say Y'ello. | Facebook
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