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For other uses, see hello (disambiguation).
"Hallo" redirects here. For other uses, see Hallo (disambiguation).

Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language and is synonymous with other greetings such as Hi or Hey. A salutation is a Greeting, in particular a formal greeting used in a letter. Greeting (also called accosting) is a way for human beings (as well as other members of the animal kingdom to intentionally communicate awareness of each other's English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States This article deals with the general meaning of the term "synonym" Hello was recorded in dictionaries in 1883. [1]

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First use

Many stories date the first use of hello (with that spelling) to around the time of the invention of the telephone in 1876. Basic principle A traditional landline telephone system also known as "plain old telephone service" (POTS, commonly handles both signaling and audio information It was, however, used in print in Roughing It by Mark Twain in 1872 (written between 1870 and 1871),[2] so its first use must have predated the telephone:

A miner came out and said: 'Hello!'

Earlier uses can be found back to 1849[3] and 1846:[4]

We meet the boys here, and it is "Hello, George," or "Hello, Jim. Roughing It is semi-autobiographical Travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist " We slap the judge of the Supreme Court on the back with a "Hello, Joe, how are you?"[5]

—Charles Edwards Lester

It was listed in dictionaries by 1883. [1]

The word was extensively used in literature by the 1860s. Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 [6] Two early uses of hello can be found as far back as 1826. [7]

Examples:

On this occasion she switched it on to a patient who was awake and who merely said 'Hello Sister, what's the matter with you. . . '

—Report on the trade in foreign corn, and on the agriculture of the north of Europe. by William Jacob, 1826. page 213

Then hello boys! Hello boys! Shout and huzz. . . .

—The Every-day Book: Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastime, Ceremonies,. . . By William Hone, 1826 Page 1370

Etymology

There are many different theories to the origins of the word. It might be a contraction of archaic English "whole be thou". In Language, an archaism is the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States [8] Another source has been suggested to be the phrase "Hail, Thou", as used in some translations of the Bible (see Luke 1:28 and Matthew 27:14 for examples).

Telephone

The word hello has also been credited to Thomas Edison, specifically as a way to greet someone when answering the telephone; according to one source, he expressed his surprise with a misheard Hullo. Basic principle A traditional landline telephone system also known as "plain old telephone service" (POTS, commonly handles both signaling and audio information [9] Alexander Graham Bell initially used Ahoy-hoy (as used on ships) as a telephone greeting. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout [10] However, in 1877, Edison wrote to T. B. A. David, the president of the Central District and Printing Telegraph Company of Pittsburg:

Friend David, I do not think we shall need a call bell as Hello! can be heard 10 to 20 feet away. What you think? Edison - P. S. first cost of sender & receiver to manufacture is only $7. 00.

By 1889, central telephone exchange operators were known as 'hello-girls' due to the association between the greeting and the telephone. [1]

Hullo

Hello may also be derived from Hullo. Hullo was in use before hello and was used as a greeting and also an expression of surprise. Charles Dickens uses it in Chapter 8 of Oliver Twist in 1838 when Oliver meets the Artful Dodger:

Upon this, the boy crossed over; and walking close up to Oliver, said 'Hullo, my covey! What's the row?'

It was in use in both senses by the time Tom Brown's Schooldays was published in 1857 (although the book was set in the 1830s so it may have been in use by then):

Although much less common than it used to be, the word hullo is still in use, mainly in British English. British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the

Hallo

Hello is alternatively thought to come from the word hallo (1840) via hollo (also holla, holloa, halloo, halloa). [11] The definition of hollo is to shout or an exclamation originally shouted in a hunt when the quarry was spotted:[11]

Hallo is also German, Norwegian and Dutch for Hello. Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking chase and sometimes killing of a fox traditionally a Red fox, by trained Foxhounds or other Scent hounds The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname

If I fly, Marcius,/Halloo me like a hare.

—Coriolanus (I. Coriolanus is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Gaius Martius Coriolanus. viii. 7), William Shakespeare

Webster's dictionary from 1913 traces the etymology of holloa to the Old English halow and suggests: "Perhaps from ah + lo; compare Anglo Saxon ealā. William Shakespeare ( baptised Webster's Dictionary is the name given to a common type of English language dictionary in the United States. "

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, hallo is a modification of the obsolete holla (stop!), perhaps from Old French hola (ho, ho! + la, there, from Latin illac, that way). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language ( AHD) is an American Dictionary of the English language published by [12] Hallo is also used by many famous authors like Enid Blyton. Example:"Hallo!", chorused the 600 children.

The Old English verb, hǽlan (1. wv/t1b 1 to heal, cure, save; greet, salute; gehǽl! Hosanna!), may be the ultimate origin of the word. [1] Hǽlan is likely a cognate of German Heil and other similar words of Germanic origin.

"Hello, World" computer program

Students learning a new computer programming language will often begin by writing a "Hello, world!" program, which outputs that greeting to a display screen or printer. A "Hello World" program is a Computer program that prints out "Hello world!" on a Display device. The widespread use of this tradition arose from an introductory chapter of the book The C Programming Language by Kernighan & Ritchie, which reused the following example taken from earlier memos by Brian Kernighan at Bell Labs:

main() {
       printf("hello, world");
}

Trivia

In 1997, Leonso Canales Jr. The C Programming Language (sometimes referred to as K&R or the white book) is a well-known Computer science Book from Kingsville, Texas convinced Kleberg County commissioners to designate "heaven-o" as the county's official greeting, on the grounds that the greeting "hello" contains the word "hell", and that the proposed alternative sounds more "positive". Kingsville is a city in Kleberg County, Texas, United States. Kleberg County is a County located in the US state of Texas. In 2000 its population was 31549 Hell, according to many Religious beliefs, is a location in the Afterlife, which may be described as a place of suffering "Hello", however, is not etymologically related to "hell". [13]

References

  1. ^ a b c Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Roughing It. UVa Library.
  3. ^ Foster, George G (1849). New York in Slices. New York: W. F. Burgess, p120. Retrieved on 2006-08-15. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed  
  4. ^ Google books.
  5. ^ Lester, Charles Edwards (1846). The Artists of America: A Series of Biographical Sketches of American Artists with Portraits and Designs on Steel. New York: Baker & Scribner, p62. Retrieved on 2007-10-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid  
  6. ^ Google books.
  7. ^ Google books.
  8. ^ Bryson, Bill. Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Way.  
  9. ^ Allen Koenigsberg. The First “Hello!”: Thomas Edison, the Phonograph and the Telephone – Part 2. Antique Phonograph Magazine, Vol. VIII No. 6. Retrieved on 2006-09-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September
  10. ^ Allen Koenigsberg (1999). All Things Considered. National Public Radio. Retrieved on 2006-09-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September
  11. ^ a b Hello. Merriam-Webster Online.
  12. ^ Hello. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. (2000). Retrieved on 2006-09-01. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
  13. ^ Texas town says goodbye to 'hello'

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Dictionary

hello

-interjection

  1. A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
  2. A greeting used when answering the telephone.
  3. A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.
  4. (colloquial) Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed or referred to has done something the speaker or writer considers to be foolish.
  5. An expression of puzzlement or discovery.
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