Why the word "HELLO" is often greet by people over the world on phone?

Question

Even HELLO is not in their language!

Answer 1

I saw on Discovery channel that earlier , whenever a call was made to someone, he was asked by the operator whether he wanted to take the call or not. If the person was interested in taking the call, he would say,"allow". Then , the operator would say to the caller,"allowed" and the two people would start talking. This 'allow' later on degenerated to 'Hello' when this operator system ended.

Answer 2

Why the word "HELLO" is often greet by people over the world on phone?

Even HELLO is not in their language!

Answer 3

I'm not sure what you're asking. "Why is the word "hello" used by people to greet each other over the phone, even though "hello" is not their own language?" First off, I'm not sure it is, I would think people would tend to greet each other in their native tongue. Secondly, whatever word you hear them using may simply be phonetically similar to "hello". Thirdly, if true, it may be an indication of the impact of english on global communication that "hello" has become a globally standard greeting. Fourthly, it may indicate some sort of human tendency to respond in kind, i.e. I say "hello" to you and you simply "return the hello" even though english isn't your native tongue, just as if you greeted me with "bon jour", I might say "bon jour" back to you, even though french is not my native tongue.

Answer 4

1: Hello is an Inquiry as well as a Greeting, Hello? (who is calling) or Hello! (nice to hear your voice)
2: Because Telophone was invented in USA
3: Because English is also standard language for all Airport Towers and Pilots.
4: Is easy to remember
5: Is better than jello

Answer 5

It comes from the times (very long ago) when phone connections were notoriously unreliable and in poor quality. Callers frequently had to make sure the other party actually is still "there" and can hear you. It has since remained as a custom to enquire "are you there"?

Answer 6

What are you talking about? People say hello in their own language. You need to travel more or watch more foreign movies.

Answer 7

Because hello actually means:
H: How are you?
E: Everything all right"
L: Like to hear from you
L: Love to see you soon!
O: Obviously, I miss you

Answer 8

♡I'm not too sure about your question, but in Japan I usually answer the phone 'Hai? which means 'Yes?' and people usually reply 'moshi moshi...'. I'm American so I sometimes say 'Hello?', but Japanese people never say 'Hello?'. We also say (for example, family name) 'Aoki desu', 'Aoki residence'. Does this help? I hope so!♡

Answer 9

because the word HELLO is very easy to understand and pronounce by anyone

Answer 10

hello, everybody knows the answer to your question.