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Thread #172874 Message #4212982
Posted By: Thompson
06-Dec-24 - 03:58 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II

First time I saw "Hey" was in To Kill a Mockingbird.
As for "Hi", until around the 1940s it was a shout used to alert someone, rather than a greeting.