heaveno/heaven-o

Gregory {Greg} Downing gd2 at IS2.NYU.EDU
Wed Oct 18 20:06:57 UTC 2000


FYI -- here's a URL advocating avoidance of "hello," driven by a Christian
folk-etymological analysis into "hell + o." Apparently, Kleberg County,
Texas has officially adopted "heaveno" as a substitute greeting. One wonders
how much currency it will ever gain....

http://www.kingsville.org/heaveno/



Greg Downing, at greg.downing at nyu.edu or gd2 at is2.nyu.edu



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