The greeting of "hello" over the telephone is attributed to Thomas Edison. However Alex Bell wanted it to be Ahoy (like the way Mr. Burns says it)

Telephone

The use of hello as a telephone greeting has been credited to Thomas Edison; according to one source, he expressed his surprise with a misheard Hullo.^[6] Alexander Graham Bell initially used Ahoy (as used on ships) as a telephone greeting.^[7] However, in 1877, Edison wrote to T.B.A. David, the president of the Central District and Printing Telegraph Company of Pittsburgh:

Friend David, I do not think we shall need a call bell as Hello! can be heard 10 to 20 feet away.

What you think? Edison - P.S. first cost of sender & receiver to manufacture is only $7.00.^{[citation needed]}

By 1889, central telephone exchange operators were known as 'hello-girls' due to the association between the greeting and the telephone.