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Angel in the Telephone Booth
One hundred and fifty years ago, the first telephone conversation took place. In 1930, Jean Cocteau wrote the famous play "The Human Voice", where the entire piece is one long telephone conversation of a woman being left by her lover. Nušić wrote that the telephone changes the Serbian language and etiquette.
TL;DR
- The first telephone conversation occurred 150 years ago.
- Jean Cocteau's 1930 play "The Human Voice" features a prolonged telephone conversation.
- Nušić observed the telephone's influence on Serbian language and etiquette.
- Neuroscientist Michel Desmurget suggests children born in the internet era have lower IQs than their parents.
- Boža Ilić painted two versions of "Battle of Cegar" for different patrons.
- Serbian given names are a mix of traditional folk names and Christian saint/biblical names.