'Help'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
More from the article:
David Sabrio, a professor of English at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, noted that the Oxford English Dictionary says "hello" stems from an old German greeting for hailing a boat.
"Linguistically and historically, the word 'hello' has no connection at all with what we associate with the underworld," he said. "People may make that connection in their own mind. I certainly don't."
I bet "hello" was an old German greeting for hailing a boat... from hell!
That's some kind of world class stupid, Mr. Canales.
When y'all were kids, was 'hell' a bad word? It was in our Christian grade-school.
It's Texas. Shouldn't they all be saying "Howdy" anyway?
When y'all were kids, was 'hell' a bad word? It was in our Christian grade-school.
Yeah, but it came off the "bad word" list earlier than the other ones. And hence the cocksuckin' slippery slope I've been on ever since.
cocksuckin' slippery slope
I read this as 'cocksuckin' slurpy slope.'
It's Texas. Shouldn't they all be saying "Howdy" anyway?
Or "Hey". Maybe we should just institute a national "Yo" greeting and be done with it.
iTunes on shuffle while cleaning flat.
Minority - Green Day
Fade Together - Franz Ferdinand
Till Kingdom Come - Coldplay
Tether - Indigo Girls
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
At his urging, the Kleberg County commissioners on Monday unanimously designated "heaven-o" as the county's official greeting. The reason: "hello" contains the word "hell."
There was some kind of wacky religious group that ran this hotel in Philadelphia my parents stayed at once (ON SEPARATE FLOORS), where they said "Peace" instead of "hell! oh" when answering the phone, etc.
Random question - if you have really bad sinuses, and you're suddenly exposed to the vacuum of space, would your sinuses clear out?