Language: "Hello" as a greeting only existed AFTER Bell's telepho…

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Did you know? "Hello" as a greeting only existed AFTER Bell's telephone (1876). Before that people said "Good morning" or "How do you do?". Edison proposed in 1877 to shorten it to "Hello" — a variant of the older "halloo" (to attract attention from a distance). Bell himself preferred "Ahoy" — which lost out for 130 years.

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"Hello" as a greeting only existed AFTER Bell's telephone (1876). Before that people said "Good morning" or "How do you do?". Edison proposed in 1877 to shorten it to "Hello" — a variant of the older "halloo" (to attract attention from a distance). Bell himself preferred "Ahoy" — which lost out for 130 years.

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