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Wassup (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I'm not really convinced that "ahoy" was that common beforehand. AFAIK, Graham Bell wanted a different greeting than what was commonly used as to differentiate greeting on the phone with greeting IRL.

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