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From: nol2105%dsacg2.dsac.dla.mil@dsac.dla.mil (Robert E. Zabloudil)
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Subject: Re: Answering Phrase
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Date: 27 Aug 90 14:31:09 GMT
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>contact!ndallen@uunet.uu.net (Nigel Allen) writes:

>I believe the Japanese have a greeting that is reserved for use on the
>telephone.  Something like "moshi moshi".

When I took Japanese in college (only one or two quarters,
unfortunately), my instructor, who had lived there for a while, told
use that the calling party would use 'moshi moshi' when they heard the
called party pick up the phone.

I'm sure we'll hear if this is untrue.  I don't know what, if
anything, the called party would say.

Beware of false cognates.  English hello is somewhat similar to German
Hallo, but they use it only in one sense of the word, similar to the
British hello, and not to answer phones --- again, second-hand
information.


Bob Zabloudil
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