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    8 months ago

    idk if you’re joking but not German; it was indeed halloo or holloo in English before hello became standard

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      8 months ago

      “halloo, what’s this?”

      “haaaallooooo” is used a lot by Germans as a slow exclamation to mean “hey idiot, what are you doing?”

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        8 months ago

        It’s used this way in American English sometimes, as in a teen issuing a counterpoint “HellOOOOoooo”