Thanks for the link. Would have been nifty if 'Ahoy!' had of caught on! This is the reference which backs up my point, however it makes it slightly more eloque

Thanks for the link. Would have been nifty if 'Ahoy!' had of caught on! This is the reference which backs up my point, however it makes it slightly more eloquently- saying that 'Hello' was a way to cut across Social barriers which were much more rigid before the invention: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AgLDhOySfMgC&lpg=PA347&ots=t4Xo12tdjD&dq=hello%20dr%20livingstone%20i%20presume%20telephone%20introductions&pg=PA347#v=onepage&q=hello%20dr%20livingstone%20i%20presume%20telephone%20introductions&f=false http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AgLDhOySfMgC&lpg=PA3... Ps apologies for the mess