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minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoGraham Bell was referencing the age old tradition of greeting someone with “ahoy”.
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoI’m not really convinced that “ahoy” was that common beforehand. AFAIK, Graham Bell wanted a different greeting than what was commonly used as to differentiate greeting on the phone with greeting IRL.
Graham Bell was referencing the age old tradition of greeting someone with “ahoy”.
I’m not really convinced that “ahoy” was that common beforehand. AFAIK, Graham Bell wanted a different greeting than what was commonly used as to differentiate greeting on the phone with greeting IRL.