Comment on hmmm 😈

• PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  C Montgomery Burns?‽

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  • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This wasn’t just a quirk by Burns, but a joke about his age:

    Alexander Graham Bell initially suggested that the standard greeting when answering a telephone should be “ahoy”, but instead “hello” (suggested by Thomas Edison) was adopted.

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    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Perhaps Thomas Edison’s greatest crime.

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      • ace_garp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I still think we should switch over to Italian answering:

        “Pronto!” == ‘ready’

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      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I understand this was/is a joke. That being said, Topsy may have a slightly differing opinion on that.

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mushmushi!

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