Comments on: The secret origin of hello http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5443 The stomping grounds of Tim Carmody, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson. It's a long-running conversation about media, journalism, technology, cities, culture, design, books, music, movies, the future and the past. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Peter http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5443/comment-page-1#comment-9981 Peter Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:14:25 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5443#comment-9981 So is that why C Montgomery Burns answers with "Ahoy hoy?" So is that why C Montgomery Burns answers with “Ahoy hoy?”

]]> By: Saheli http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5443/comment-page-1#comment-9979 Saheli Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:54:24 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5443#comment-9979 There's a Bengali joke that turns on the fact that the 2nd person present tense of a verb usually ends in "o": one person calls another and they keep shouting "hello" into the phone, back and forth, not quite sure if the connection has been made, as was common with crappy developing world phone lines. Finally, in exasperation, one cries out, "Hellechi!" (<i>I *have* hello'd.</i>) There’s a Bengali joke that turns on the fact that the 2nd person present tense of a verb usually ends in “o”: one person calls another and they keep shouting “hello” into the phone, back and forth, not quite sure if the connection has been made, as was common with crappy developing world phone lines. Finally, in exasperation, one cries out, “Hellechi!” (I *have* hello’d.)

]]> By: Andrew http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5443/comment-page-1#comment-9976 Andrew Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:20:42 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5443#comment-9976 In Italy, the phone is answered with "Pronto!" In Italy, the phone is answered with “Pronto!”

]]> By: Noah Brier http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5443/comment-page-1#comment-9963 Noah Brier Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:38:49 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5443#comment-9963 FWIW, the Economist had a piece a few years ago on the etiquette of telecommunications: http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10286400 And Mr. Burns answered the phone with Ahoy Hoy on The Simpsons. So there's that. FWIW, the Economist had a piece a few years ago on the etiquette of telecommunications: http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10286400

And Mr. Burns answered the phone with Ahoy Hoy on The Simpsons.

So there’s that.

]]> By: Tim http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5443/comment-page-1#comment-9961 Tim Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:34:10 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5443#comment-9961 Granted, it's a different language, but "ahoj!" (pronounced as English "ahoy") is the casual greeting in Czech. It's common to hear people yelling such into their phones on the trams of Prague. Granted, it’s a different language, but “ahoj!” (pronounced as English “ahoy”) is the casual greeting in Czech. It’s common to hear people yelling such into their phones on the trams of Prague.

]]>