saying HELLO to answer a call

When somebody calls me on phone,i usually started my word "hello,who's on the line please?" or greeting him/her first like 'good morning,good noon,or good evening' depending on what time..and started our conversations.

Good question. The answer is no, I don't always say, "Hello" to answer a call. But if it's a landline then YES, I always answer "Hello" because I don't know who the person is on the other line. However, I suppose that you mean answering calls on my cellphone where you know we can see who's calling us. So if the caller is identified, I usually say, "What's the news/problem?" Sometimes when a friend calls me at around 6 in the morning I say, "Why are you calling me so early?" A friend who has not called me for ages I would say, "Thanks God, you're alive!" But if the caller is unidentified, yes, I say "hello"

if they are friend we said HI , IF NOT we say ALO :)

If I know the 'caller' through caller ID..then I say 'HAANJI"...it is an Hindi word meaning thereby 'Yes". I avoid saying HELLO!,if possible.. to reply a call.

I always try to look at the caller ID before I answer the phone. If it is someone that I know I will say 'Hows it going, whoever." If I don't know who is calling then I do just say hello or I will say Smith Residence how may I help you. It just depends on my mood as to how I answer the phone as to how I will answer it. I always try to be polite.

If i don't identify the caller i start with 'Hello' But if it is somebody i know, just start wth'Yes' or start directly to the subject

I will answer the phone with Hello. When it's someone I know who's calling then I will say Hi - and their name.

If I'm at home when a call comes thru, yes, I usually just answer with a hello. Work is completely different. Then it's typically, "Thank you for calling ___ company, How may I help you?" Of course, if it's someone I know, that will usually be followed with a hello too, lol.

It really does depend who is on the other end of the call. Caller ID is a wonderful thing. If it a friend I will often answer the phone with an accent, being british, scottish, Indian or Chinese and just mess with them a bit. Nothing like answering with thick british brogue saying "El-lo." Now if it is a telemarketer or some other unwanted caller, I will often pretend to be a business and answer the phone with, "Joe's Meat Market, you slab em', I'll stab em'" or something along those lines. One has to have a little fun in life... all work and no play...

You are right. I am a Chinese and most of the time I will speak "wei" when I answer a phone at home. If I am at work or my mobile phone receives a strange call, then I always say "ni hao".