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samus12345@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠agoThis wasnât 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 âahoyâ, but instead âhelloâ (suggested by Thomas Edison) was adopted.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Perhaps Thomas Edisonâs greatest crime.
ace_garp@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I still think we should switch over to Italian answering:
âPronto!â == âreadyâ
TachyonTele@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâm just going to go with shalom. If Spider-Man says itâs cool, who am I to argue
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I understand this was/is a joke. That being said, Topsy may have a slightly differing opinion on that.