亚历山大·格拉汉姆·贝尔更喜欢用“Ahoy”而不是“Hello”

After the telephone was invented, people needed some instructions on how to use it. One concern was how to begin a conversation on this device. Instead of “Are you here?” or “Are you ready to talk?” Alexander Graham Bell, the now-disputed inventor, suggested the nautical¹ greeting “Ahoy”. Bell’s rival Thomas Edison thought “Hello” was a more appropriate telephone greeting. The writers of the first telephone books sided with Edison, and often included his suggestion in an instructional page on telephone etiquette². Alexander Graham Bell continued to use “Ahoy” in his telephone conversations for the rest of his life.

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