Some things are really amazing. When the first calls were made by phone (approx 1870) someone had to invent a greeting! It had to be a greeting that didn't rely on visual clues, nor on formal introduction of a handshake. There was no way to tell you were connected to someone else. According to history, AG Bell used "ahoy, ahoy" to answer the phone but it would be "hello" ("invented" by the dreaded competitor Edison) that would survive. With thanks to Wired.
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