..heh...[humph?]

[A. Maberry]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Thomas Paikeday wrote:

> I do think "heh" is a greeting and used not just in chat rooms. A young
> lady I know (a socalled "native speaker") uses it as the first word of
> the greeting on her answerer. Didn't Fonzie of "Happy Days" use to use a
> greeting of this kind?

I thought he said "Hey" although it was sort of a drawn out "Heyyy" or
however one would represent it. "Hey" is pretty common as a greeting here
but I think it is probably more common in the South.

Allen
maberry at u.washington.edu