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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Mr Red	Folklore: Automatic Gestures (70* d)	RE: Folklore: Automatic Gestures	03 Dec 16
hello : Its rise to popularity as a greeting (1880s) coincides with the spread of the telephone, where it won out as the word said in answering, over Alexander Graham Bell's suggestion, ahoy. Interesting that Russian culture is for the object of applause to also clap. In Britain clapping oneself is infra-dig bordering on the naff.

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