2006-11-26 05:05:21 · 28 answers · asked by amit verma 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
TO TELL THE OTHER PERSON TO CONTINUE HIS TALKS.
2006-11-26 05:51:59 · answer #1 · answered by RAMAN IOBIAN 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in the very begining of the invention of the phone ,people used to say ......"are you ready to conversate"...etc....edwin eldrin being a busy man not going through all these long sentences once just pick up the phone n said "Hello".........since then people copied him ...frm then it became a fashion n customary of speaking hello first after picking up the phone...
2006-11-26 05:43:47 · answer #2 · answered by kawal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People say hello to be polite. i say who's this or speak when i pick up the phone if people don't like it then they shouldn't call me. i think people should say what they want to say and be creative.
2006-11-26 14:23:41 · answer #3 · answered by oogaleebearbaby 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People are greeting the person calling. They need to say something -- hello is a friendly greeting and appropriate.
2006-11-26 11:00:46 · answer #4 · answered by Goldenrain 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a very nice, brief form to greet the caller. It amounts to welcoming the caller with Namaste, Good morning or other local versions of greeting the person who has called youn and It is non-sectarian.
2006-11-29 11:35:24 · answer #5 · answered by Truth ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the inventor of the telephone started it....
i don't remember the whole story, but when telephones were first invented and came into use the inventor(s) realized that there needed to be a greeting for answering a phone.....it was between "hello" and something else which i can't remember.....
2006-11-26 08:28:47 · answer #6 · answered by SNAP! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because its a greeting, to let the other person on the other end know someoen is there...if they called and got nothing then they would think that no one was there and hang up..its a normal thing to do..if you like you can say "amit here what can I do for you" its the same thing, if you just grunted or something that wouldnt be cool.
2006-11-26 16:04:47 · answer #7 · answered by jennyve25 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To let the person on the other end of the phone know that they are there and to greet them
2006-11-26 05:25:19 · answer #8 · answered by Liza M 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Aloha
2006-11-26 05:09:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
to informally greet the person who is calling. it's a polite way to start out the conversation about to begin. it sounds more cultured than to use YEAH, WHAT?, SPEAK, YOO, etc.
2006-11-26 06:35:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
not a rule to say hello you can say anything you want
you can even say hi, haanji, yup, yes namaste anything yaar just greet nicely
2006-11-28 19:28:08 · answer #11 · answered by swati v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋