Holler

Henrik Gedenryd Henrik.Gedenryd at lucs.lu.se
Wed May 24 11:42:19 UTC 2000


JArchibald at aol.com wrote:

> << What's the meaning of 'holler'? >>
> 
> Never to be less than thorough with answers to questions on the Squeak
> mailing list, Merriam-Webster yields the following American English (not to
> be confused with "real" English :-o ) definitions:

Hola,

The American Heritage Dictionary equivalent of Squeak's cmd-m gives the
following:

hol€ler 1 (hÄl2úr) v. hol€lered hol€ler€ing hol€lers v. intr. 1. To yell or
shout. 2. Informal To complain. v. tr. 1. To shout out (words or phrases).
See note at shout. n. 1. A yell or shout; a call. 2. Informal A complaint or
gripe. 
[ From obsolete hollo hail!, stop!; See hello ]

hel€lo (hR-lÅ2, hú-) also hul€lo (hú-) interj. 1. Used to greet someone,
answer the telephone, or express surprise. n. pl. hel€los 1. A calling or
greeting of ³hello.² v. intr. hel€loed hel€lo€ing hel€loes 1. To call
³hello.² 
[ Alteration of hallo alteration of obsolete holla stop! perhaps from Old
French hola ho ho! la there (from Latin illEc that way)]

Especially the etymologies inside the braces are interesting.

Henrik






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