history of "hello"?

[P L Patrick]

don't know about "hello", but please either post responses or send me
offline when you get it.
	for "OK" there's lots of lit. See American Speech over the
years, esp by Allen Walker Read.
	--peter

Prof. Peter L. Patrick
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