Ever wondered why we say “Hello?” when we answer the phone? Well, when the telephone was first invented, people became accustomed to ringing a little bell, kept especially for the purpose, and saying “Are you there?” whenever they answered the phone. Tedious, huh? So, once when Alexander Graham Bell was in engrossed in some work, he received a call and he was so impatient that he snatched up the receiver and abruptly said- you guessed it- “Hello?”. And there it is… It seems Bell invented more than the phone; he unknowingly established the beginning of telephone etiquette!!
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In a small Seraiki speaking South Punjab city in Pakistan, a gentleman got a new telephone connection at his residence. In his absence the phone rang and his old mother answered that phone. She heard 'Hello' and she replied 'kaka taiko vi hello' (beta tumko bhi hello - or - Son, hello to you too). And that pooe chap is still being made fun off after some 20 years of the incident. I guess we take all this a little to seriously, as if these words are divine and direct from the Lord;s own mouth.
HeLOO...!! :)
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