Testing testing. Uhh is this working?

My friend Alexander testing his Prototype Telephone(Source: Wikipedia)

Testing testing one two. << Ever wondered who came up with this phrase? Yeah me too :D. Logically speaking, the first person to have said the phrase "testing testing one two" or anything similar would have used the phrase to test whether something works. More importantly it would have been used to test whether a verbal invention worked. Yes I am talking about the telephone. Alexander the poor guy probably said it a million times trying to get his invention to work before finally 3 days after he patented his design, the guy with heightened senses at the other end heard a peep.


That said, why would Alexander and even the people today waste saliva saying the whole "Testing testing one two" phrase into the said microphone or telephone instead of just saying "Testing" fullstop? Is there a purpose in saying "one two three"? Do numbers sound different from words? Have we progressed from nearly 200 years ago to the present time? And the most important question, did you even care about this hugely overused phrase? I bet you didn't. =D




Like I have said before, I feel that this phrase is way overused. Nearly everytime we see a microphone, we would hear the phrase. Why can't we be more creative? Perhaps when could sing a song or maybe be belt out the first 8 octaves simultanuously to at least keep people *like me* entertained instead of annoying them? It could even be a good way to perhaps test someone's hearing even like so:

By the way, I WANT A DIAMOND RING!!!(Source:worldofstock.com)

 Oh well, now you have been enlightned. Hopefully this blog will constantly improve and gain readership. Anyway, welcome to the blog sit back and enjoy the show =D