Comments on: Hello, Hello! http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/hello/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:14:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Monthly Gleanings: October 2008, Part Two : OUPblog http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/hello/comment-page-1/#comment-147855 Monthly Gleanings: October 2008, Part Two : OUPblog Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:59:35 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2168#comment-147855 [...] In connection with the post of October 1, I received two questions about the word hello. The first concerned the repertory of [...] [...] In connection with the post of October 1, I received two questions about the word hello. The first concerned the repertory of [...]

]]> By: Walter Turner http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/hello/comment-page-1/#comment-147491 Walter Turner Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:43:46 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2168#comment-147491 I know my questions may not be relevant to the word "hello". At what periods was an H pronounced in French? It disappeared early in Latin pronunciation. Does its presence in English words borrowed from French indicate that it was borrowed from written texts or that English writers knew about the French spelling? I know my questions may not be relevant to the word “hello”.
At what periods was an H pronounced in French? It disappeared early in Latin pronunciation.
Does its presence in English words borrowed from French indicate that it was borrowed from written texts or that English writers knew about the French spelling?

]]> By: Matt Wolf http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/hello/comment-page-1/#comment-147482 Matt Wolf Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:34:38 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2168#comment-147482 I like Scott's suggestion that "syllables to call attention . . . are freely varied for sonorous effect." You can call someone's attention in English with /hai/, /hei/, or /hou/, but not with /hi/, /ha/, or /hu/. I've wondered if the diphthong has something to do with this distribution. Are /hau/ and /hoi/ attested as "attention-getters"? Is Spanish "hola" a borrowing from Germanic languages, or does it have a Latin antecedent? I like Scott’s suggestion that “syllables to call attention . . . are freely varied for sonorous effect.” You can call someone’s attention in English with /hai/, /hei/, or /hou/, but not with /hi/, /ha/, or /hu/. I’ve wondered if the diphthong has something to do with this distribution. Are /hau/ and /hoi/ attested as “attention-getters”?

Is Spanish “hola” a borrowing from Germanic languages, or does it have a Latin antecedent?

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