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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 ⁨week⁩ ago
Perhaps Thomas Edison’s greatest crime.

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- ace_garp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I still think we should switch over to Italian answering:
  
  “Pronto!” == ‘ready’
  
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  - TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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 ⁨week⁩ ago
  I understand this was/is a joke. That being said, Topsy may have a slightly differing opinion on that.
  
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