I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.
I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.
In my language, “Hi!” sounds like “Shark!”, so sometimes I have to suppress the urge to say “is a fish”, because Gen Xs I knew used to say it all the time.
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