Comment on hmmm 😈

• samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Perhaps Thomas Edison’s greatest crime.

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    • ace_garp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I still think we should switch over to Italian answering:

      “Pronto!” == ‘ready’

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      • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m just going to go with shalom. If Spider-Man says it’s cool, who am I to argue

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    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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