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How did people greet each other before the word hello was introduced around the onset of the telephone?
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∙ 11y ago
The use of "hello" came well before the phone. It shows up written in 1860 and in daily use. It was the phone that borrowed it, not the other way around. People of many cultures have many ways to greet each other.
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What did people say on the telephone before hello?
to be honest i have no idea.. but seeing as "hello" was around LONG before the telephone i should think that traditionally and most commonly nothing else was used... except when of course people are calling friends not everyone starts with hello.. though most do..
What happened before 'it' was introduced?
Before 'it' was introduced as a pronoun, people had to specify what they were referring to by using the full name. Or they risked not being understood.
What other inventions where used before the telephone?
There was a vast network of Telegraph lines and telegraph offices before the telephone was popular. Before that people used postal services like the "Royal Mail"
What were the main events before the telephone?
Pretty much nothing happened before the telephone, other than Alexander Graham Bell wandering around, going up to complete strangers, asking, "Yo - can I borrow your telephone?" And people answered, "Sorry, man, haven't been invented yet". So he said to himself, "Self, you gotta do something about this." Also, before the telephone there was also the Big Bang, the extinction of the dinosaurs, and the birth of Bea Arthur.
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So people can talk more quickly and efficiently. Better Then Pony Express
What did people use before the radio was invented?
Telephone, Telegraph, Pony Express, etc.
What is telephone used for?
Speaking to people remotely.
How was telephone introduced to society?
i know it made people have better communication and have in touch with each other instead having cups with string attach to them and speak in the cup
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by writing letters, word of mouth, telegraph, telephone etc...
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