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It is often said that "Hello" was invented by Thomas Edison as way of greeting a caller on the telephone, invented around 1876.

However, the Oxford English Dictionary records the first, verifiable use of the word in print to the US Telegraph (a periodical) in 1827.

The word is thought to derive from an Old German word used to hail someone from a distance.

It is also used in English to greet someone.

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