[Answer] Which word did Alexander Graham Bell want adopted as a telephone greeting instead of "Hello"?

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Which word did Alexander Graham Bell want adopted as a telephone greeting instead of "Hello"?

• "Ahoy":At one time, saying "ahoy" was the preferred way to answer the telephone. The very brief popularity of this telephone greeting stemmed from the fact that "ahoy" was Alexander Graham Bell’s preferred way to answer the phone. His rival, Thomas Edison, however, urged people to instead use the word "hello." For whatever reason, hello pushed past ahoy and never looked back. The same cannot be said of the phonebook's recommended way to end a phone conversation. The phonebook recommended: "That is all." As for Bell, he felt so strongly about "ahoy" that he used it for the rest of his life.

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