Early in my career, I sat about two desks away from a significantly older reporter who used to shout the name of the person calling him when the individual on the phone was reasonably high-profile.

Of course, the standard for what qualified as high-profile in that particular community was not especially high. Nevertheless, my colleague would yell the caller's name.

"Tom DeBerry!"

http://www.nauathletics.com/information/halloffame/bios/deBerry

Another reporter, a guy just a year or two older than I was, used to do a delightful impression of our colleague's phone antics.

 

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