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minus-squareFartsWithAnAccentlinkfedilink-9•1 month agoPhones weren’t invented in 1825, this meme picture is historically inaccurate.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish31•1 month agoExcept, nowhere in the meme is stated that. The meme is about “the first attested writing” of the word hello.
minus-square@CitizenKonglink6•1 month ago“Hallo” as a general greeting was popularized by the telephone though, so the picture does have a historical significance in this context.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 month agoSo… ? It’s just an old photo of a man talking to the phone for context. source image : Scanned from a (cheaply printed) postcard, c. 1905-1915; no notice of publisher, date, or any copyright.
Phones weren’t invented in 1825, this meme picture is historically inaccurate.
Except, nowhere in the meme is stated that. The meme is about “the first attested writing” of the word hello.
“Hallo” as a general greeting was popularized by the telephone though, so the picture does have a historical significance in this context.
So… ? It’s just an old photo of a man talking to the phone for context.
source image : Scanned from a (cheaply printed) postcard, c. 1905-1915; no notice of publisher, date, or any copyright.
you’re not disagreeing with the comment you replied to