Hello hello! Ahoy ahoy!
Origin of the word “hello”.
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Wow, first time I see you seem a little nervous with the camera.
It must be an early video…
Moshi moshi!
Ahoy Ahoy,
Wow, this lesson really made me not want to ever say Hello again. I’ll feel like I’m yelling at somebody. I’ve found myself recently not knowing how to greet people…and I rarely ever say Bye or Goodbye.
YS,
TOF
“hello ahoy” – coincidentally covered in this clip from the amusing brit tv show QI: [QI - Origin of "Hello" & the Rudeness of Phones]
this clip includes mention of that long “fuckyflucky…” word that M’s covered.
Good find mijj!! Thanks so much!
Marina
thanks!
I think that program overlaps with your stuff quite a lot. It’s worth checking out.
( ps:
I’m still going to pout and complain cos i didn’t get the pat on the head for the quizzes, mainly ‘cos i enjoy the theater of it.)
My random lesson and to share thishttp://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QShSmpI0r9k and then ask for why “Good Bye?”
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf2S7kKLtEQ&feature=related
big deal about the beatles….hear the the Doors
Ahoy…random lesson for a friend… Hello It’s Me by Todd
[Emil Berliner] 
[wink] is like a “hello”…luch is over and who reads this –”GOOD DAY”___
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MUuDFeoyvM
If you go on wikipedia you can find the origins of these words…
As good as you were at explaining words a year ago… OMG your presentation skills and production quality has improved so much! You have let me know your secret, it can’t just be practice.
PS I can’t believe the YouTube comments for this video are relatively intelligent.
Word “Ahoj” (pronounced: ahoy) is actually used on dayly basis by 15 milions people in Slovakia and Czech republic. So now you known others
Reference
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ahoj
Oh, and just to notice, we always used it only – once – by one person for greeting someone we just met, not – twice -…
Nobody says “hello” twice either
Hi Marina,
I’ve been going back and catching up on old lessons I never watched before. You are really improving your game considerably over such a short time. Remarkable.
Regarding “hello” though, you might want to redo this video. Prior to the invention of the telephone, the word was used as a greeting in literature (e.g. Mark Twain in the story “Roughing It” and as far back as the 1820’s by other authors).
Have a great day!
Eric
Hey Eric, I agree with you on your suggestion. I also have found other references to the word. Also many references to the word ahoy. I think further investigation and a remake of the video would be great.
a postscript/update/addendum or whatever, rather than remake (hopefully). – don’t want to lose the originals.
However, you may mispronounciate some words, but it sounds cool and sexy anyway…
gimme a call
. just kidding.
Ahoy hoy Marina,
Great presentation & explanation, you mesmerize me with your beauty and the fact that you like to explain words/phrases, you explain so seductively.
I like it, while learning at the same time, good website!