Will you say "Hello" once you pick up the Phone..?
By chennai_b02
@chennai_b02 (1735)
India
August 7, 2008 12:05pm CST
Yes, I used to say "Hello" when i pick up the phone first.. then followed by the other words, if they are known to me.."Hello" is the common word used by every one in the world, once they pick up the phone..
Somebody used to say that, some other religious saything prefix to the "hello"..
Sometime, if you will received the call through your mobile, you can able to find that who is calling, if you know the person calling the other end, you can very well say that, "Yes tell me my friend".. like that..
What about you.. Do you also have a practice of saying "Hello" when you pick up the phone calls..??
Post your comments..
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30 responses
@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
7 Aug 08
A friend of mine answers by saying, "speak"! I'm not the only one who wonders if she isn't talking to her dog!
When I saw my husband's work number on caller ID, I didn't say hello. I said something to the effect that I wanted him to hurry home to .... A coworker had used his phne to call and ask me a question. Naturally, I was embarrassed, and everyone on the other end thought it was really funny! 
@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
27 Sep 08
Thanks for the "best." I thought of you and this discussion when I called a wrong number by mistake and the person on the other end answered by singing that old song about, "I'd Like To Get To Know You"!
@shalom123 (51)
• India
8 Aug 08
Normally I used to say 'hello' as all do, but as you said when I know that the person who is calling is my Church Member than I say 'Praise the Lord'. In case of my friend I say Hi, Hi dear, or Hi sweetie etc.,
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@shana123 (2095)
• India
9 Aug 08
In our landline as well as in my mobile i know who is calling me,the number will be specified in it.so usually i would pick like "Hi good evening, or morning sweety "( mostly girls call me )and i usually dont pick up any unknown numbers usually but when it is from landline i need to pick up the unknown calls too so i just pick up and say " GOOD eve/morning, who is online?"
@jhonymax2cool (424)
• India
7 Aug 08
well yes i do have a practice of saying hello normally when i receive a phone call.but if i had been getting miss calls or blank calls for a while then the next one i receive doesnt start with hello either it starts with harsh words or no words at all.i do know a few ppl who dont use hello when answering a phone call or making a phone call they would use radhe radhe or jai shri krishan or something else.
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@sumiirajj (1983)
• India
8 Aug 08
Yes, I say "hello" whenever I pick up the phone even its a call from mobile or landline,but sometimes when some friends call me after a long time I say "hi" and call out their names.
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
26 Aug 08
Hi chennai, people in different places have their own styles to utter the first word when picking up the phone. From the movies and soap opera of Hong Kong and China they always say “wai” once they pick up the ringing phone. Like many people in the other parts of the world, people in my country, of course including me will say “hello” once we pick up the phone. I believe saying Hello has already become a common phrasal once we pick up a phone in my place. It doesn’t matter when we receiving a call or making a call.
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@pogspan123 (207)
• Philippines
8 Aug 08
yeah,I do and my family does also.Its a kind of practice in our country to be like that.But not all of us living in our country,of course!ehehe,.Its a show of respect and manners when we say hello over the phone.
@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
8 Aug 08
I usually answer with Hello, when I pick up the phone. I've heard some people say talk to me, or Yeah, when they answered the phone, that sounds wierd..lol.
@torchablazed (3218)
• Philippines
11 Aug 08
I often replied with a quick "Hello" but if in the case of my mobile phone, whereby we can identify as to who was calling I usually answer differently to different people, like a friend say "What's up?", "Gelloww" or "Speak". To my other half, I would say "hi hon" . To people whom I don't know, I usually say "good morning, or evening" to them and followed with "may I know whom i am talking with?" but then again, saying hello has been a general rule.
@winzpc (2354)
• Indonesia
8 Aug 08
I usually use "hello" when i pick up to phone. But there is another word to say hello, Like "wei" in chinese language. I usually use "wei" when i get a call from my best friend. I think the word "hello" is became a polite opening speach in telephoning. But if I have know the calling person, I not going to say "hello" or "wei" but directly to the main conversation like "What do you want" "Can I help you".
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
8 Aug 08
Yes i say Hello when i pick up phone calls.There are some people who remain quiet after picking up a phone call.It becomes very irritating.
@blackmantra_x (2732)
• Philippines
8 Aug 08
Good day.. I usually say hello first because out of courtesy but when a prankster is having a good time with me then i'll be waiting for their first hello, if I didn't hear it within the first 3 seconds sorry they're going to hear a bang on the other end of their line.
@Kanutchie (343)
• Philippines
8 Aug 08
i used to say hello when i dont know who is calling. But i know the party's who is calling i just Listen then i say uhm what. But there is one thing i do when i am hiding i dont speak i just Listen . LOL
@intimate36 (1415)
• Pakistan
8 Aug 08
I used to say hello...but that was then , when there was no option pf CLI...
Nowadays , if you are ion cell, you who is at other end..and on land line, caller ID is available.So , I start accordingly
@mrhypnotic (10)
• United States
7 Aug 08
I always say hello when I pick up the phone. If I don't know who it is I say "hello?" and If I know who it is I say "Hello". I say hello, but in a different tone of voice and sentence type.
