TIL that Japanese people custom of saying "moshi moshi" when answering the phone is somewhat rooted from historical belief that ghosts and spirits couldn’t say the word properly.
https://lily8lily.com/mosimosi
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1kiyhup/til_that_japanese_people_custom_of_saying_moshi/
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