If Alexander Graham Bell Had His Way, We'd Start Telephone Conversations With...
howtogeek wrote: Originally published at: http://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/if-alexander-graham-bell-had-his-way-wed-start-telephone-conversations-with-what/ Hey Hey! Ahoy! Salutations! Greetings! Think...
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Xhi (xhi) wrote: I vote it's time to switch back and will begin answering my phone with the AGBell greeting.
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The0ther Mike (theMike) wrote: i never answer my phone unless i'm doing absolutely nothing. but then it never rings until get up an go to another room
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M Henri Day (mhenriday) wrote: «Ahoy» (spelled «Ahoj» in Czech), was the preferred greeting of women of a certain social class who grew up in Czechoslovakia during the 1920s and 30s. I remember being...
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Mitch Mitchell (Stretch) wrote: I like how my uncle used to answer the phone. "I'm listening!" he would say. No Hello, No Ahoy! Just a simple "I'm listening". A modern-day equivalent would be "who dat?"
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dpb wrote: There is an interesting connection between the proposed greeting and the actual used greeting. Besides being the major inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) also did...
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Big_Don_ wrote: Phones are used for talking now?
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Geoffrey Schrader (dolphinimages) wrote: Good greeting that always elicits a confused reaction, "What are you wearing?"...
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Jaime_Wissner wrote: Alexander Graham Bell did not do "important" work for the deaf. He tried to institutionalize them and conform them to hearing society in ways that set back deaf communities from...
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dpb wrote: I agree to disagree. I quoted "important work". I didn't say "ethical work". The 19. Century was hard on deaf people. His important work included: In 1880, Bell won the Volta Prize from...
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Jaime_Wissner wrote: I know a couple that literally use Bell as nightmare fuel at campfire stories for their kids. It's actually pretty funny. I knew he and Helen Keller were friends, but it was a...
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Xhi (xhi) wrote: Could we please get off the politics. There are plenty of non-technical boards for that
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danitajuanita wrote: The actual greeting Bell used was "Hoy! Hoy!" not "Ahoy!" Here is the URL for a copy of a telegram he sent Thomas Watson in 1914. http://www.loc.gov/item/magbellbib003019 If you...
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howtogeek wrote: Originally published at: http://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/if-alexander-graham-bell-had-his-way-wed-start-telephone-conversations-with-what/ Hey Hey! Ahoy! Salutations! Greetings! Think...
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Xhi wrote: I vote it's time to switch back and will begin answering my phone with the AGBell greeting. Read full topic
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theMike wrote: i never answer my phone unless i'm doing absolutely nothing. but then it never rings until get up an go to another room Read full topic
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M Henri Day wrote: «Ahoy» (spelled «Ahoj» in Czech), was the preferred greeting of women of a certain social class who grew up in Czechoslovakia during the 1920s and 30s. I remember being surprised to...
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Mitch Mitchell wrote: I like how my uncle used to answer the phone. "I'm listening!" he would say. No Hello, No Ahoy! Just a simple "I'm listening". A modern-day equivalent would be "who dat?" Read...
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If Alexander Graham Bell Had His Way, We'd Start Telephone Conversations With...
dpb wrote: There is an interesting connection between the proposed greeting and the actual used greeting.Besides being the major inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) also did...
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Big_Don_ wrote: Phones are used for talking now? Read full topic
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