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We Had No Idea What Alexander Graham Bell Sounded Like...

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:14 am
by _ludwigm
...Until Now.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-a ... 37471.html
Documents indicated that one wax-and-cardboard disc, from April 15, 1885—a date now deciphered from a wax inscription—contained a recording of Bell speaking.

On June 20, 2012, at the Library of Congress, a team including Haber, Stephens and Alyea was transfixed as it listened to the inventor himself : “In witness whereof—hear my voice, Alexander Graham Bell.”

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/audio/a ... m-bell.mp3



As usual, there is a well known Hungarian connection.
The Hungarian engineers and scientists - who worked in phone and switchboard *** projects - have said frequently "Hallod?" (Can/do you hear it?) and "Hallom!" (I can hear / I am hearing it!).

... and today the whole world use "Hallo!"
(OK, there are exceptions, Japans say "moshi moshi", Italians say "pronto", and Bhodi knows the perfect Albanian word.)


***
Tivadar Puskás
The native form of this personal name is Puskás Tivadar - (b. 17 September 1844, Pest - d. 16 March 1893, Budapest) - was a Hungarian inventor, telephone pioneer, and inventor of the telephone exchange.

Re: We Had No Idea What Alexander Graham Bell Sounded Like..

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:20 pm
by _subgenius
Hungarian propaganda!

Here is another theory on the origin(s) of "Hello"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello#Etymology



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Re: We Had No Idea What Alexander Graham Bell Sounded Like..

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:49 pm
by _ludwigm
subgenius wrote:friendly pictures

What a gentle, kind man are you...

Re: We Had No Idea What Alexander Graham Bell Sounded Like..

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:36 pm
by _Quasimodo
ludwigm wrote:
subgenius wrote:friendly pictures

What a gentle, kind man are you...


The trouble with trolls, goldfish and the elderly is that if you overfeed them, they all get flatulent. Subgenius has a special problem with this.

Re: We Had No Idea What Alexander Graham Bell Sounded Like..

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 12:55 pm
by _subgenius
ludwigm wrote:
subgenius wrote:friendly pictures

What a gentle, kind man are you...

forgive my clumsiness...but

lehet adni, de nem fogadta el?

Re: We Had No Idea What Alexander Graham Bell Sounded Like..

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:21 pm
by _ludwigm
subgenius wrote:lehet adni, de nem fogadta el?

Last time I vowed I cut You dead - even I have nobody on ignore list.

Google translator (now...) can not be used to translate to Hungarian. We are too Martians.

Google translation of user manuals of chinese plastic toys or electronic widgets are regular sources of jokes in Hungary.

Your sentence is not a joke, simply it makes no sense. Sorry.

Re: We Had No Idea What Alexander Graham Bell Sounded Like..

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:49 pm
by _subgenius
ludwigm wrote:
subgenius wrote:lehet adni, de nem fogadta el?

Last time I vowed I cut You dead - even I have nobody on ignore list.

Google translator (now...) can not be used to translate to Hungarian. We are too Martians.

Google translation of user manuals of chinese plastic toys or electronic widgets are regular sources of jokes in Hungary.

Your sentence is not a joke, simply it makes no sense. Sorry.

http://www.alternative-dictionaries.net ... ian/1.html