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[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 46 points 2 months ago

Ahoy was common enough that the Simpsons had their oldest phone user answer with "Ahoy hoy?"

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[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 38 points 2 months ago

I think that gag was referencing Graham Bell's suggestion.

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[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

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

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[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 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.

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