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Re:The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello' by RestartKernel on Saturday January 17, 2026 @04:25PM (#46662255)
> The repetition does indeed seem to because of the poor quality of the first telephone lines.

I'm pretty sure it's also commonly pronounced "moshi mosh~" as a side-effect of this repetition.

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