২১ শে এপ্রিল, ২০১২ রাত ৮:৫৫

আকাশ০৭ বলেছেন: Written By: Nina Rai

April 6, 2011: Nearly every person on this planet, irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, nationality, language, status or position in society on picking up a phone will first say ‘Hello.’ Have any of us ever wondered as to why we say ‘Hello’ on lifting a phone?

It may be re-called that it was Alexander Graham Bell, who first invented the telephone way back in March, 1876. Was he then the person who first coined the word ‘Hello?’ There are no such records in history verifying that he was indeed the person to coin the word, and one also tends to wonder about that because the word ‘Hello’ has been used for ages, even when people met each other face-to-face.

There is even a hoax mail circulating online about ‘Hello.’ It states that there was a girl called Margaret Hello and she was supposed to be the girlfriend of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of telephone. And from her name the word originated. It goes on to add that in life we may forget the name of the great inventor Graham Bell but never that of his girlfriend, who was his true love.

However, the fact is that Graham Bell never had a girlfriend name Margaret Hello; he had a wife whose name was Mable Hubbard Bell. And the sad irony was she could never be able to use a phone because she was deaf. Also in reality, the word used by Bell after inventing the telephone was Ahoy! It was actually Thomas Alva Edison who first used the word ‘Hello’ on mistakenly hearing a ‘Hullo.’

One finds the word "Hello" as an acceptable form of greeting between people of all levels and strata of society, whether it be your closest friend or the President of the United States or Queen of England or any ordinary person. It would still be an acceptable form of greeting either while talking face-to-face or after picking up a phone. Once this aspect of the word “Hello” was realized, people started to pick up on it and now it is just a custom and to a great extent an unconscious habit.

Without a shred of doubt it can be said that "Hello" is the most common word used by every one world over, once they pick up the phone. You can even check for yourself and note this. Also next time, when your phone rings and you say a "Hello" do ponder over it, before you start a conversation. Tring Tring Tring .... Hello...Hello.

২১ শে এপ্রিল, ২০১২ রাত ৯:০৫

আকাশ০৭ বলেছেন: আমি যে লিংক থেকে তথ্য নিয়েছিলাম সেটা পুরটাই দিলাম। বোকাসোকা বিলাই আপনি যে লিংক এর তথ্য দিলেন এটা যে সঠিক সেটা কেমনে মানি?

Answer:



In our daily life we are causally using the word "hello" while answering the phone calls.Actually the word "hello" came into existence by Alexander graham bell, the inventor of telephone. Hello is the name of Alexander graham bell's girlfriend called Margaret Hello.
We might have forgot Alexander graham bell but not his girlfriend.



This is Absolutely TRUE LOVE

I believe the answer above is not true. Bell's girlfriend on 1873 is Mabel Hubbard which he marries on 1877. The telephone was patented in 1876. BTW Mabel Hubbard is deaf. His father-in-law is one of the two financial backers for his invention.

আপনার যে সাইট থেকে তথ্য নিইয়েছেন সেটা আমি পরলাম কিন্তু এইটা যে সঠিক তা বুজতে পারলাম না।

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২১ শে এপ্রিল, ২০১২ রাত ১০:০৭

আকাশ০৭ বলেছেন: আমি নেটে অনেক ঘাটা ঘাঁটি করলাম যেটা বুজতে পারলাম আসলে এইটা নিয়ে বিতর্ক রয়েছে। "hello" শব্দটি প্রচলিত করেছেন থমাস এডিশন এইটা অনেক সুত্রমতে জানা যায় কিন্তু "hello" শব্দটি কি বেল এর প্রেমিকা মারগারেট হ্যালোর (যদিও মারগারেট হ্যালো যে বেল এর প্রেমিকা ছিল এটা নিয়েও ইতিহাসে অনেক কথা আছে) কারনে প্রচলিত হয়েছে কিনা সেটার স্বপক্ষে অকাট্য প্রমান কোথাও পেলাম না। কেউ যদি পান তবে আমাক জানালে আমি খুশি হব।

আর বোকাসোঁকা বিলাই আপনি যেভাবে বলছেন ইতহাস তো টা বলে না। হ্যা এটা নিয়ে অনেক রটনা আছে কিন্তু পুরটাই যে মিথ্যা তা আপনার কথা মতো মানতে পারলাম না।

২২ শে এপ্রিল, ২০১২ রাত ১২:১৬

আকাশ০৭ বলেছেন: As per Wikipedia its clear that Bell was not the 1st user of the word “Hello”.

May be I am wrong. Its also not clear to me about Margaret Hello’s existence in the history. Through the yahoo answer -Margaret Hello was the girlfriend of Alex gender graham bell.

So its confusing history. I request all of you to search the real history & share if possible. Thanks all for come to my page & share your opinion.