language in Teletubbies

[FELDMAN ANDREA]

I think 'uhoh' is sometimes used by the Teletubbies to mean 'hello'.
(I have often watched the show with my three-year-old.)

--Andrea Feldman
On Thu, 20 May 1999, Lois Bloom wrote:

>
> The phonological details are interesting, but difficult to measure their
> potential influence I suspect.  One question I had at the time was whether
> the TTs were saying 'uhoh' or 'hello' --both words 'fit' at times, but
> 'uhoh' more often in the tapes I watched (these came from ABC News).
>
> --Lois Bloom
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