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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 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.