A third of young people aged 18 to 24 say they answer their mobile phones with greetings such as "hi", "yo" or "what's up". Seven per cent of UK adults also admitted to screening all their landline ...

Have you ever wondered why "Hello" is the universal word we say when we answer the phone? Though it feels so natural to our daily communication today, the story of "Hello" is, surprisingly, very new ...

Research reveals that a business’s phone greeting can have an impact on whether the caller will want to work with them. Small businesses could be putting off potential customers simply by the their ...

April 25 is just another day to most people, but the date celebrates an important invention that has revolutionized our lives─the telephone. While most people greet a caller with hello, the article ...

Amongst Mr Burns' many peculiarities, one of his most well-known quirks is his weird greeting whenever he answers the phone. Instead of the usual 'hello' or 'who the hell is this?', Mr Burns always ...

Mr. Watson, Come Here, I Want You! What was the first telephone call ever like? We received word of a marvelously rare recording from our Quest for Sound phone line and decided to present it on Lost ...

I suspect that most of us, at one time or another, have felt like answering the phone with the words, “Leave me alone.” Crystal Kwok responds that way several times a day because that’s the name of ...

If you’re a super-fan of The Simpsons, you’ll know that there are always a ton of hidden jokes in every season and there’s a reason this animated sitcom has been running for over 30 years. However, ...