Do you say Goodbye on the 'phone?

[Marc Chevalier]

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And it was shown IN COLOR!


[video=youtube;R9s6JMm66wI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9s6JMm66wI&feature=related[/video]

 

[rue]

Wow! lol

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I'm one of the new breed...a buccaneer....and gonna go have the real thing!

 

[scottyrocks]

Especiallu when you add it's common prefix, sup-.

I was gonna write something like that, but then thought, 'no . . . '

Glad you picked it up, though.

 

[scottyrocks]

That only works when said in a thick, fake Kentucky accent by a citzens-band radio fadster in 1976. And must be followed immediately by "good buddy."

Yep, I remember. Thems was fun times!

 

[Tomasso]

I knew a fellow who would answer the phone with, "Talk to me"....and end the conversation abruptly with, "Gotta go"...Click!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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In some Spanish-speaking countries, one answers the phone by saying "Diga" -- "Speak" in English.


**Ring! Ring!**

You: "Speak!"

The caller: "Um ... hi?"



Italians say "Pronto" ("Ready!")



Germans answer the phone by saying their last name.


**Ring! Ring!**

You: "Schindler!"

The caller: "Um ... your son, Schindler Jr.!"



Arabs answer the phone by saying "May your morning [afternoon/evening] be good."


**Ring! Ring!**

You: "May your morning be good!"

The caller: "May your morning be full of light!"

You: "Praise Allah, your voice is welcome!"

The caller: "Welcome, welcome."

You: "How are you?"

The caller: "Praise Allah!"

You: "Praise Allah."

The caller: "What news? Are you well? Your family well?"

You: "Praise Allah. How are you?"

The caller: "All is well. All is well. Welcome. Welcome."

 

[W-D Forties]

How very polite, but they must have huuuge phone bills!

 

[MikeBravo]

I remember hearing 'negatory,' I presume a bastardization of 'negative.' Kind of fun to say. 'Pository' doesn't have the same ring to it, though.

Negatory is fine if you look like this guy

 

[HoosierDaddy]

[video=youtube;HBZ8ulc5NTg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBZ8ulc5NTg[/video]

 

[AtomicEraTom]

This reminds me of when I was in High School and my friends would call my parents house to get ahold of me. The conversation was always the same:

*Phone rings* Mom answers

"Hello"

"Is Tom there?"

"Which one"

"Junior"

"Just a second!!"

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Germans answer the phone by saying their last name.


**Ring! Ring!**

You: "Schindler!"

The caller: "Um ... your son, Schindler Jr.!"

 

[HadleyH]

Always say "Hello"

Always say "Good Bye".

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Always say "Hello"

Always say "Good Bye".

Strange..I took you as a G'Day..G'Bye r....[huh]

 

[C-dot]

I was gonna write something like that, but then thought, 'no . . . '

Glad you picked it up, though.

It's pretty impossible not to... lol

I knew a fellow who would answer the phone with, "Talk to me"....and end the conversation abruptly with, "Gotta go"...Click!

I always answer my friends and familys' calls with "Talk to me" I never abruptly hang up, though, its always either "I'll call you back" (If I have to go that second) or "Buh-bye!"

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Always say "Hello"

Always say "Good Bye".

But in what order? [huh]

 

[Philip Adams]

This little one says nothing at all when answering the phone.....

[video=youtube;07mw4SieY44]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07mw4SieY44&NR=1[/video]

 

[KingTigerII]

I never say Goodbye unless I know I'll never see the person again.

Usually "See you Soon", "Talk to you later" or "Take Care"

 

[HadleyH]

Lol HD and Marc!!!!! Now I can't get The Beatles song "Hello Goodbye" out of my mind!

 

[BigFitz]

Always say "hello" and "'bye".

 

[ginfizz]

I never say Goodbye unless I know I'll never see the person again.

Usually "See you Soon", "Talk to you later" or "Take Care"

Same. When I was in 6th grade me and my good friend made a list of rules to live by and one was to never say goodbye because it was too final, and a person could get sad saying and hearing so many goodbyes in their life.
Corny yes, but I was in middle school give me a break. It did stick with me though, I don't ever say goodbye.

I do however give some sort of recognition that I'm done talking to people on the phone.