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Back in the 80's, I'd call my best friend and when his Dad would answer, he would say, "yello". Is this a North Eastern thing? His family was from Pennsylvania
by AstroNutt 9mo ago
Back in the 80's, I'd call my best friend and when his Dad would answer, he would say, "yello".
Is this a North Eastern thing? His family was from Pennsylvania.
- genter 9mo agoI remember my dad saying "yello" in the 90's, here in Northern California. Pretty sure he just said it because he found it amusing.
- bogtog 9mo agoI associate "yello" with Homer Simpson: https://www.facebook.com/TheDoctorZaius/videos/723328371509214/ https://www.facebook.com/TheDoctorZaius/videos/7233283715092... (fingers crossed I'm not somehow doxxing myself by sharing a fb link)
- genter 9mo agoForgot about that. So about a 100% chance my dad got it from that.
- Trasmatta 9mo agoI've heard people in Utah say this as well
- krackers 9mo agoIn japanese there is ヤッホ (Yahho~) which might be related to english "Yoo-hoo". Apparently this comes from dutch "joehoe". I've also seen etymology sources list "yoo-hoo" coming from sailing jargon "yo-ho", but these might all be related. In the article this is not too far from "Γειά σου" (yah-soo) and the supposed root as a ferryman hail (halâ). So I guess the "yoohoo" branch of greetings might in fact be related, or otherwise it's an independent rederivation with two common and similar sounds ("yo"/"ho"). "Yello" might probably be a cute combination of yoohoo and hello. Or you could go all the way with Yahallo~.
- layer8 9mo agoThe Swiss band Yello was named after this (sort of): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yello#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yello#History
- myself248 9mo agoMichigan here, "yello" still turns up from time to time, tongue-in-cheek.