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Have you ever answered your phone with a greeting in another language? Loads of fun.

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Posted - June 21, 2018

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  • Sometimes I do answer with the Japanese "moshi moshi".

    Moshi moshi. Dare desu ka? This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at July 3, 2018 5:39 AM MDT
      June 21, 2018 11:24 AM MDT
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  • 2217
    I've occasionally sprung "C'est de la part de qui?" on unsuspecting callers. 

     

      June 21, 2018 11:38 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Never tried that, but I have started talking in Russian to a few telecommunication robots. lol
      June 21, 2018 12:00 PM MDT
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  • 2217
    лол
      June 21, 2018 2:38 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    отлично
      June 21, 2018 2:47 PM MDT
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  • 2217
    Спасибо
      June 21, 2018 3:32 PM MDT
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  • 10449
    Another language.. no. However, I have answered it with a greeting..


    "(my last name)'s mortuary; you stab 'em we slab 'em.  Some go to heaven some go to hellllo". 

    My BIL's family still refer to me as the mortician
      June 21, 2018 1:30 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    Well now, I'd love to do that, it's a great idea, just one fly in the ointment - I don't speak any other languages :P
      June 21, 2018 1:51 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    Not even Canadian?
      June 21, 2018 2:48 PM MDT
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  • "G'day mate!"   (Australian)  :)
      June 21, 2018 3:00 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    I don't have to ,as I've been told often that I can and do only talk gibberish ....:(
      June 21, 2018 3:52 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    The message I recorded says, "Para espanol, oprima dos.  For instructions in English, please stay on the line."  Then the Verizon recording adds, "Please leave a message at the sound of the beep." 

    Oh man. I crack me up.

    ricky gervais laughing GIF
      June 21, 2018 7:48 PM MDT
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  • 52903

      Oo naman! Hai! ¡Claro que sí!

    I was stationed in Hawaii for five years, and it's a true melting pot over there.  Foreign cultures make up a large part of the place, and I learned the different ways that people answer phones. The Japanese say, "Moshi moshi", the Koreans say, "Yobosayo", the Australians say something that sounds like, "Hullo", etc. 

    At my current profession, many people who only speak Spanish call our phones, and once they make that known, I switch over to a Spanish greeting. If and when the caller ID shows an international call is coming in from a Latin-American country, I automatically answer in Spanish. 

    ~
      July 3, 2018 5:48 AM MDT
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