nzmaa@lemy.lol to Greentext@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 17 days agohmmm 😈lemy.lolimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down11cross-posted to: 4chan@lemmy.world
arrow-up113arrow-down1imagehmmm 😈lemy.lolnzmaa@lemy.lol to Greentext@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: 4chan@lemmy.world
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-216 days agoThis wasn’t just a quirk of Burns, but a joke about his age: Alexander Graham Bell initially suggested that the standard greeting when answering a telephone should be “ahoy”, but instead “hello” (suggested by Thomas Edison) was adopted.
This wasn’t just a quirk of Burns, but a joke about his age: