language in Teletubbies

[FELDMAN ANDREA]

I have just received a reply (off list) that mentions that the
Po doll says 'eh oh' for 'hello'--perhaps a British pronunciation
of 'uh oh' ?  I wonder if the writers of the show chose this
word (or pronunciation) to mimic children's use of the word
'hello' for 'telephone' (though my child used the word 'bye bye'
for telephone')--I can imagine a rather far-fetched connection,
if a caregiver said 'uh oh' every time the phone rang...
Andrea Feldman

On Thu, 20 May 1999, FELDMAN  ANDREA wrote:

> 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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