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minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1年前I’ve always been curious how people greeted each other before “hello”. Did we just say “good day” and variations thereof?
minus-squareThe Assman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1年前Most English speakers actually used “wazzup” like those Budweiser commercials
minus-squareblackluster117@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1年前Have you ever heard of the high elves?
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1年前Are they the elves that say “hi”?
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1年前No, they are the elves that smoked all of your weed.
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1年前Greetings and salutations, pilgrim.
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1年前Well, Howdy is a contraction of “How do you do?”, hence the somewhat rarer “Howdy do!”, and Goodbye is a contraction of “God Be With You!”
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1年前I didn’t know that about ‘goodbye’! Words are fascinating, huh. I believe “hello” itself was more of an exclamation (like “hi”, in fact) and supposedly comes from the Dutch “hollo”. Some people in the UK still use it as such, in fact.
minus-squareroot_beer@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1年前Adios and adieu also both refer to god; I’m sure other Romance languages say goodbye similarly but I don’t know Italian or Romanian or whatever
I’ve always been curious how people greeted each other before “hello”. Did we just say “good day” and variations thereof?
Most English speakers actually used “wazzup” like those Budweiser commercials
Greetings, traveler.
Well met!
Have you ever heard of the high elves?
Are they the elves that say “hi”?
No, they are the elves that smoked all of your weed.
Greetings and salutations, pilgrim.
Well, Howdy is a contraction of “How do you do?”, hence the somewhat rarer “Howdy do!”, and Goodbye is a contraction of “God Be With You!”
I didn’t know that about ‘goodbye’! Words are fascinating, huh.
I believe “hello” itself was more of an exclamation (like “hi”, in fact) and supposedly comes from the Dutch “hollo”. Some people in the UK still use it as such, in fact.
Adios and adieu also both refer to god; I’m sure other Romance languages say goodbye similarly but I don’t know Italian or Romanian or whatever