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My english teacher says hAllo... Thought it was the other way around :o
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Yeah, well I've got friends that make it sound more like yellow... to which I usually respond with something like blue or green :lol:
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[quotedd413="tykeal"]
Yeah, well I've got friends that make it sound more like yellow... to which I usually respond with something like blue or green :lol:
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I'll print this out for her.. :)
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I figured that third option needed to be added... too bad I already voted before adding it :oops:
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[quote18a45="Kanuck"]
I figured that third option needed to be added... too bad I already voted before adding it :oops:
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No it wasn't. I found an "hallo" in a schoolbook, and IMO, that's just wrong :)
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[ba821b]A[/ba821b]E: Hello
OE/[ba821b]B[/ba821b]E: Hallo :)
and in school you normally learn OE

stupid me... it's american and oxford english :oops:
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[quote1faab="hsim"]
BE: Hello
OE: Hallo :)
and in school you normally learn OE
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BE = ???
OE = ???(my guess is Old English).
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see above. i mixed up everything :oops:
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When I answer the phone it tends to come out as: 'yellow?'

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[quotee0a53="hsim"]
[be0a53]A[/be0a53]E: Hello
OE/[be0a53]B[/be0a53]E: Hallo :)
and in school you normally learn OE

stupid me... it's american and oxford english :oops:
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Yes, had the old one (Hallo) come form french Allo, that mean the same thing.
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