• @ChicoSuave
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    113 months ago

    Graham Bell was referencing the age old tradition of greeting someone with “ahoy”.

    • @[email protected]
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      103 months ago

      I’m not really convinced that “ahoy” was that common beforehand. AFAIK, Graham Bell wanted a different greeting than what was commonly used as to differentiate greeting on the phone with greeting IRL.