• Dav09@lemmy.mlOP
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      3 months ago

      Except, nowhere in the meme is stated that. The meme is about “the first attested writing” of the word hello.

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      3 months ago

      “Hallo” as a general greeting was popularized by the telephone though, so the picture does have a historical significance in this context.

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        3 months ago

        So… ? It’s just an old photo of a man talking to the phone for context.

        source image : Scanned from a (cheaply printed) postcard, c. 1905-1915; no notice of publisher, date, or any copyright.