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:
holler 1 (hÄl2úr) v. hollered hollering hollers 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 ]
hello (hR-lÅ2, hú-) also hullo (hú-) interj. 1. Used to greet someone,
answer the telephone, or express surprise. n. pl. hellos 1. A calling or
greeting of ³hello.² v. intr. helloed helloing helloes 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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