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"ahoy, ahoy." cargo ships for pirates, the captain would
call out “All heil?” The response would
Ahoy! A c c o r d - be “Ship all heil!” “All heil” sounded like
ing to many sources, “ahoy” so the word stuck and soon formed
Alexander Graham as a greeting ... meaning "all’s well."
Bell, the inventor of In 1800's America, 'Hullo' was
today’s telephone in a word growing in use, mainly to express
Have you surprise. According to the Oxford Diction-
ary, “hello” only goes back to 1827, and
watched 1876, used the greeting “Ahoy, hoy” to begin it was more slang... like we use today to
little fish conversations on his telephone. attract attention ...”Hello??... what do you
in an The origins of Ahoy is a marine hail- think you're doing?”
aquarium eat their fish food? It looks ing call. At one time, when the British deployed It was actually Thomas Edison
like they are blowing kisses. If you ships in the coastal waters off Europe to check who encouraged us to say hello on the
are answering the phone speaking phone in the 1870’s. According to Ammon
Shea who authored the
Japanese, you say "Moshi Moshi" re- history of The First Tele-
phone Book, which was
ally fast. This is what your lips just published in 1878 in New
Haven, Connecticut, the
looked like. Go ahead, say it again book instructed users to
begin conversations with
out loud.... moshi moshi. "a firm and cheery 'hulloa'" ....obviously
that has stuck. The only person known
Well, the word Ahoy was the RV, Golf, & Marine Resort today to still use Ahoy, hoy is Mr. Burns,
first greeting over the telephone. And, Homer Simpson’s boss.
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