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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink32•10 months agoWhile it wasn’t a general greeting, “halloo” was already used as a verb meaning “to call for a hunting” in the 14th century.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoLike the fox hunters in Mary Poppins?! D:
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•10 months agoalso as an exclamation of surprise, like “halloo, what’s this?” “hello” is still occasionally used in this sense today.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•10 months agoidk if you’re joking but not German; it was indeed halloo or holloo in English before hello became standard
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•10 months ago “halloo, what’s this?” “haaaallooooo” is used a lot by Germans as a slow exclamation to mean “hey idiot, what are you doing?”
minus-square🔍🦘🛎linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-210 months agoIt’s used this way in American English sometimes, as in a teen issuing a counterpoint “HellOOOOoooo”
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi WandlinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoTry actually saying “hey idiot, what are you doing?” some time. It’s very good.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•10 months agoThat’s my morning mantra in front of the bathroom mirror
While it wasn’t a general greeting, “halloo” was already used as a verb meaning “to call for a hunting” in the 14th century.
Like the fox hunters in Mary Poppins?! D:
also as an exclamation of surprise, like “halloo, what’s this?”
“hello” is still occasionally used in this sense today.
found the german
idk if you’re joking but not German; it was indeed halloo or holloo in English before hello became standard
“haaaallooooo” is used a lot by Germans as a slow exclamation to mean “hey idiot, what are you doing?”
It’s used this way in American English sometimes, as in a teen issuing a counterpoint “HellOOOOoooo”
Think McFly!!
Try actually saying “hey idiot, what are you doing?” some time. It’s very good.
That’s my morning mantra in front of the bathroom mirror