# What is the meaning of "Hello"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-hello/172294>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 1, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-hello/172294 "2003-05-01T02:59:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-hello/172294/41 "2003-05-03T22:53:27Z")

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hello… Hello… HELOOOOOOO!

Hello!

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-hello/172294/42 "2003-05-03T23:32:28Z")

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**CBCD**. Thanks for the comeback.

While the guy who made the tape has great credentials, I’d love to see what source he uses for the notion that the word was “coined” to be class neutral.

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**Author:** ![tonbo0422](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tonbo0422](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonbo0422)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-hello/172294/43 "2003-05-03T23:43:38Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Dr\_Paprika \*  
> \*\*In Canada, we often answer the phone by howling like a wolf. \*\*

Umm, YOU often answer the phone by howling like a wolf. I answer with the sound of ice cubes clinking in my glass and an “Eh?”

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-hello/172294/44 "2003-05-05T04:43:03Z")

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```auto

# Perl
1 while print "Hello, world!
";

```

```auto

/* C */
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
   for(;;) printf("Hello, world!
");
   return(0); /* code never reached */
}

```

```auto

;; Intel x86 DOS assembly for NASM
	org 100h

section .text
start:	mov dx, message
        mov ah, 09h
loop:	int 21h ; Only load things once	
	jmp loop
section .data
message db 'Hello, world!',10,13,'$'

```

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-hello/172294/45 "2003-05-05T06:04:13Z")

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Hey, **Derleth** –

[http://www2.latech.edu/~acm/HelloWorld.shtml](http://www2.latech.edu/~acm/HelloWorld.shtml)

🙂

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**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-hello/172294/46 "2003-05-06T04:48:11Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by TaxGuy \*  
> \*\*In case anyone is wondering about hello in Russian it’s: (spelled phonetically) strosst-voo-eet-ya, with the emphasis on the first syllable. The slang version is strozzy. \*\*

What about “pree-eht”?

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**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-hello/172294/47 "2003-05-06T09:40:13Z")

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Howzit.

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