did-you-kno: We say ‘hello’ because of Thomas Edison. When Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, ‘hello’ was mostly used to grab attention ('Hey, you!’). Bell favored 'ahoy’ as a greeting, but Edison envisioned phones

did-you-kno: We say ‘hello’ because of Thomas Edison. When Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, ‘hello’ was mostly used to grab attention ('Hey, you!’). Bell favored 'ahoy’ as a greeting, but Edison envisioned phones

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