Just as the ducks at the park are free, there is also no legal requirement to answer the phone in particular way. Hit folks with a, "Ahoyhoy", "Howdy", "Whats good brother?", or for the more adventurous, "Ralphs Roadkill Cafe. You kill it, we grill it."
162 0 ReplyMoshi Moshi
100 0 Reply54 0 ReplyFuck Edison.
55 1 ReplyEdison deserves hate for more than that
53 0 Replyslow heavy breathing
42 0 ReplyEdison was a cunt.
39 0 ReplyEdison 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.
37 0 ReplyFunny thing: "Hello" was actually not a common greeting until that point.
33 0 ReplySo apparently the new shit spam evil calls can record the most minimal sample of your voice and then spoof it to your friends and family…
It almost seems worth saying nothing until ‘they’ say something, but then, what if they are a spoofed caller…
Oh shit. Just don’t use phones any more.
27 0 Replyopens phone, "...moshi mo..." infinibonked for weebery
28 1 ReplyHad to look it up, and the story is actually really interesting. Heres a great article from NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/02/17/133785829/a-shockingly-short-history-of-hello
25 0 ReplyAhoy hoy
25 0 ReplyAhoy, guys.
Be the change you want to see in this world, don't let Thomas Edison continue to shit on everything from his grave.
23 0 ReplyFun fact - this is why Mr. Burns always answers the phone with "ahoy"
23 0 Replymy go-to when im forced to answer unknown callers is "who is this?". then i disconnect if they dont answer my question
19 0 ReplyImagine Edison trying to patent the "hello" greeting to get royalties every time someone answered the phone.
Then the incel fanbois defending Edison, insisting he invented the term 'hello".14 0 ReplyPronto
14 0 ReplyThomas Edison kinda looks like my granduncle who was beating his wife.
14 0 ReplyLet's compromise!
Alloy.
Or what we can agree on: HO. Omg Santa was right all along.
16 2 ReplyI answer with "Yes?"
It gets straight to the point
12 0 ReplyWhen I see a post like this, I see a new friend.
Fuck Edison you idea stealing cuck.
11 0 ReplyHoly shit, the Captain had it right all along!
9 0 Reply"What do you want?" is how I've been answering the phone of late.
8 0 ReplyYo bitch.
8 0 ReplyIn Korean, answering call has a very specific phrase 여보세요. It means look here but the phrase is now only and solely used when answering call.
5 0 Replydoes nobody remember Antonio Meucci anymore?
3 0 ReplyIf there is any Cimrmanologist around
Hola hola, tam Weigel.
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