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Hello, with that spelling, was used in publications in the U.S. as early as the 18 October 1826 edition of the Norwich Courier of Norwich, Connecticut. [1] Another early use was an 1833 American book called The Sketches and Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, of West Tennessee, [2] which was reprinted that same year in The London Literary Gazette. [3]
Ahoy (/ ə ˈ h ɔɪ /) (listen ⓘ) is a signal word used to call to a ship or boat.It is derived from the Middle English cry, ' Hoy! '. [1] [better source needed] The word fell out of use at one time, but was revived when sailing became a popular sport.
English interjections are a category of English words – such as yeah, ouch, Jesus, oh, mercy, yuck, etc. – whose defining features are the infrequency with which they combine with other words to form phrases, their loose connection to other elements in clauses, and their tendency to express emotive meaning.
Yo (greeting), an interjection meaning "hello" or "hey" Yo (Cyrillic) (Ё, ё), a letter of the Russian and other Cyrillic alphabets. Yo (kana), the romanisation of the Japanese kana よ and ヨ; The Spanish first person nominative pronoun (translates as I or me) ISO 639-1 code for the Yoruba language, a dialect continuum of western Africa
Oi / ɔɪ / is an interjection used in various varieties of the English language, particularly Australian English, British English, Indian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, and South African English, as well as non-English languages such as Chinese, Tagalog, Tamil, Hindi/Urdu, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese to get the attention of another person or to express surprise or disapproval.
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Frederic Remington's The Parley, 1903. The word "how" is a pop culture anglicization of the Lakota word háu, a Lakota language greeting by men to men. [1]The term how is often found in stereotypical and outdated depictions of Native Americans, made by non-Natives, in some Hollywood movies and various novels, e.g. those of James Fenimore Cooper or Karl May.
Hey! Hello! are an international power pop band, formed by the English singer-songwriter, Ginger Wildheart . The band's initial incarnation for the debut album consisted of Ginger Wildheart and New York City-based singer Victoria Liedtke.