Trivia: Alexander Graham Bell thought what word should be used to answer a phone?
Hello!
Bonjour!
Ahoy!
Ciao!
The correct answer is Ahoy!
So why is this answer correct? : When we pick up the phone, it seems natural to say “Hello!” Yet when telephones were invented, it wasn’t clear what the proper greeting would be. Alexander Graham Bell thought the naval greeting “Ahoy!” would be best; Thomas Edison suggested “Hello!” Before this point, “hello” was mostly said in moments of surprise, but the greeting won out, eventually becoming an everyday word.