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Hello is alternatively thought to come from the word hallo (1840) via hollo (also holla, holloa, halloo, halloa). [23] The definition of hollo is to shout or an exclamation originally shouted in a hunt when the quarry was spotted: [24] [25] If I fly, Marcius,/Halloo me like a hare. —
John Graves, who wrote it in the Cumbrian dialect, tinkered with the words over the years and several versions are known.George Coward, a Carlisle bookseller who wrote under the pseudonym Sidney Gilpin, rewrote the lyrics with Graves' approval, translating them from their original broad Cumberland dialect to Anglian; and in 1866, he published them in the book, Songs and Ballads of Cumberland.
The economic changes gave a short-lived impetus to Manx nationalism in the 1970s and 1980s, spawning Mec Vannin, a nationalist group, as well as the now-defunct Manx National Party and Fo Halloo ("Underground"), which mounted a direct-action campaign of spray-painting and house-burning. Nationalist politics has since declined and a number of ...
Fo Halloo (Manx: "Underground") was a militant Manx nationalist group active on the Isle of Man in the 1970s. The group conducted Manx graffiti and poster campaigns, published and distributed newsletters, and was also accused of conducting a number of arson attacks against the homes of English, non-Manx residents.
Tally-ho dates from around 1772, and is probably derived from the French taïaut, a cry used to excite hounds when hunting deer. [1]Taïaut may have originated in the second half of the 13th century by the concatenation of a two-word war-cry: taille haut, where "taille" is the cutting edge of a sword and "haut" means high or 'raised up'.
The horse whisks him to the Quadling and Munchkin Countries of Oz, where Robin has adventures in View Halloo (a region dedicated to fox-hunting) and Roundabout (a land where everything is round, inhabited by Roundheads). The Roundheads mistake him for a new king foretold by a prophecy, and force him to remain there and serve as their king.
Halloo is a film maker and is a member of Iranian Screenwriters Association. One of his movies is called "Ghazian Afghan" which was aired in Iranian national television. During then production of this movie, he spent 2 years in Afghanistan (1980-1982) and lived 7 months in Panjshir Valley with "Ahmad Shah Masoud".
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 July 2024. Look up HALO, Halo, halo, or halo- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.