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It feels as if "hello" is fading out again. It was never completely universal. Where I grew up, people still say "aye aye" (not on a ship btw), along with the u
by nephihaha 10mo ago
It feels as if "hello" is fading out again. It was never completely universal. Where I grew up, people still say "aye aye" (not on a ship btw), along with the usual "good whatever".
I did once read a Christian complaining about it because it had the word "Hell" in it. A minority opinion of course.
- GordonS 10mo agoScotland?
- nephihaha 10mo agoYes. Aye aye, fit like, chiel?
- GordonS 10mo agoNae bad, nae bad min! So, not just Scotland but North East Scotland? (I'm in the shire myself, previously Aberdeen)
- technothrasher 10mo agoThe first time I was in Scotland (from the US), the folks I was there to visit though it would be amusing to send me down to the pub below their flat to order dinner for us all. Off I went. But after accusing each other of not speaking English, I realized there was no way I was going to be able to communicate with the guy behind the bar. My friends laughed uproariously when I tucked tail and came back unsuccessful.
- GordonS 10mo agoFunny thing is, I remember it being as bad in the other direction - first few times I went to Texas with work, almost everyone seemed to struggle to understand me, seemingly no matter how "properly" I tried to speak!
- vidarh 10mo agoI used to work with a woman from Scotland, and relatively soon we pretty much came to the understanding that I would only understand 1/3 of what she said, but it was okay because she just spoke 3 times as much...
- nephihaha 10mo agoI used to live at the other end of Aberdeenshire, right out in the countryside. I never get up there now. Not even Aberdeen although I plan to visit some time. Haven't been in years.
- HPsquared 10mo agoOn the nautical theme, Czechs say "Ahoj" (pronounced "ahoy"). Especially charming because Czechia is landlocked. I have no idea how this came about.
- selimthegrim 10mo agoI'm still shocked at Malá mořská víla too.
- vjerancrnjak 10mo agoIf you remove diacritics its completely valid BCS and same meaning.
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- HPsquared 10mo agoBCS have a word for mermaid/siren though (sirena) so it's Mala Sirena. Which makes sense with the sea right there and proximity to Greece so Homeric legends about sirens will presumably be in the culture.
- vjerancrnjak 10mo agoThere's a nice song by Daleka Obala - Morska Vila. That's a first ring.
- HPsquared 10mo agoMakes sense. Maybe it's a bit like how informal English tends to use Germanic rather than Latin derivations?
- secondcoming 10mo agoI use ‘alright?’ far more than ‘hello’
- nephihaha 10mo agoExactly, there's another one. Another common one along with G'day, wassup, how ye doin?, hiya, wotcher, and all kinds of other things?
- t-3 10mo agoI've only used it while working customer-facing jobs. Outside that, it's 'ey, yo, whatupdoe, wuzzappenin, but usually just the good old nod.