General Discussion

[Warren_Jeeves]

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LordRoss wrote:

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TRUESTARRR wrote:

felt like saying hello

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Hello.  A word invented by Thomas Edison as a way of greeting the caller on the phone.  How did we greet each other before telephones though?

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A punch to the gut.

[Gawge]

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LordRoss wrote:

Hello.  A word invented by Thomas Edison as a way of greeting the caller on the phone.  How did we greet each other before telephones though?

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Alexander Graham Bell actually preffered "Ahoy hoy". 

[Strangesam]

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LordRoss wrote:

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TRUESTARRR wrote:

felt like saying hello

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Hello.  A word invented by Thomas Edison as a way of greeting the caller on the phone.  How did we greet each other before telephones though?

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"How do you do?"

[Phil_The_Lad]

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Gawge wrote:

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LordRoss wrote:

Hello.  A word invented by Thomas Edison as a way of greeting the caller on the phone.  How did we greet each other before telephones though?

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Alexander Graham Bell actually preffered "Ahoy hoy". 

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[xLegioNx]

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LordRoss wrote:

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TRUESTARRR wrote:

felt like saying hello

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Hello.  A word invented by Thomas Edison as a way of greeting the caller on the phone.  How did we greet each other before telephones though?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntv3QYzvM5I

[Spotter5]

Hallo

[michelle_tabor]

Yassas

[BettySwollocks92]

who dis?

'cos I'm well like street innit

[fenian]

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LordRoss wrote:

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TRUESTARRR wrote:

felt like saying hello

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Hello.  A word invented by Thomas Edison as a way of greeting the caller on the phone.  How did we greet each other before telephones though?

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The same way the french do, Good day (bon jour).

Japanese also say Good day/evening as hello, Konichiwa, but like us invented a word for hello on the phone "moshi moshi". But like the french they held onto good day/evening/morning as their hello in speaking outside of phone calls.

Also the germans say hello by saying good day, guten tag.

Probably more, I dunno, I know interestingly, when they say bonjour/guten tag/konichiwa they are not thinking "good day" like we would, they are thinking "hello", like the word in french for "today" aujourdhui, it literally translates to "on the day of today", hui was for today, but it sounds like oui, for yes, so they were getting mixed up a lot between "yes" and "today" so started saying "hui? the day of today?", then the day of today, then the sentence lost meaning and became its own word that they simply think of as "today" not literally as "the day of today"

In hindi they dont say "good day" as hello, they say "bow to you" as they bow, it can be translated other ways, it also has lost its original literal meaning and is thought more as a blessing and greeting.

I dont really know about other languages..

[mont348]

Waaasuuuup!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OUuGBRwC9I