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Answering the phone in Mexico
Category: Reference, Education and News > Teaching and Research Asked by: moytoy-ga List Price: $2.50 |
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23 Mar 2004 07:44 PST
Expires: 22 Apr 2004 08:44 PDT Question ID: 319565 |
The origin why in Mexico people answers the phone saying "Bueno" (means "Well")? |
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Re: Answering the phone in Mexico
From: probonopublico-ga on 23 Mar 2004 08:01 PST |
Maybe it's short for Buenas Dias? |
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Re: Answering the phone in Mexico
From: moytoy-ga on 23 Mar 2004 09:41 PST |
I dont believe so because nobody answers "Buenos Dias" alone, but I thought the same the first time. I´m doing a linguistic research and the closest answere I have found out is that back in the beggining of telephony in Mexico the quality of the lines were so bad that people needed to say "bueno" to tell the operator that they can hear well. But I havent find any confirmation for this. |
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Re: Answering the phone in Mexico
From: bowler-ga on 23 Mar 2004 11:42 PST |
I found this website, but no explaination why: http://www.netjeff.com/humor/item.cgi?file=HelloOnTelephoneWorldwide |
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