--- paul mortimer
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paulmortimer@...> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me the origin of the word "hello"?
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Paul
>
*****GK: I thought that "hello" was a form of "hollo",
and first appeared around 1880, in telephone
conversations especially. As for "hollo" itself I
don't really know. The exclamation is supposedly a
form of "halloa", popular in fox hunting
exercises.****
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