Delighted to learn that not only did Edison prefer “Hello” over “Ahoy” as a phone greeting, but he believed that with “Hello” they wouldn’t even need to ring a bell for an incoming call — because you could easily hear somebody yelling “Hello” through your phone receiver from “10 to 20 feet away”.
Just imagine screaming directly into people’s houses without so much as a single ring. Wondrous
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