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minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·edit-27 months agoEdison was apparently quite successful, to the point where some languages other than English have a word that sounds like “hello” (for example, Russian “allo”) which is used only when answering the phone.
minus-squaremister_monster@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoYeah there’s a whole TV show about that from the 80s.
minus-squaredeus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoThat makes sense cause in Brazil we say “alô” when answering the phone, a word that only seems to exist for this single purpose.
minus-squareQuerellerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoIn Thailand, they use the the German hallo (hello).
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoIn Finnish we also say “haloo”
Edison was apparently quite successful, to the point where some languages other than English have a word that sounds like “hello” (for example, Russian “allo”) which is used only when answering the phone.
French as well I think
Yeah there’s a whole TV show about that from the 80s.
That makes sense cause in Brazil we say “alô” when answering the phone, a word that only seems to exist for this single purpose.
In Thailand, they use the the German hallo (hello).
In Finnish we also say “haloo”