Ever say "Hi?"

[Yass Shoji]

Thank you very much for your response!

Yes. With a rising intonation/tone. I was curious if native speakers say it
with a rising intonation as a casual form(?) for "Hello? Anybody here?". I
just thought it may be rare, but probably I was just wrong. I was observing
others' internet chats recently. I often saw "Hello?" but "Hi." without any
question mark maybe with a falling intonation. But if you use it, that's ok.
I won't be wrong even if I do! Really appreciated and thank you for spending
time for this!

Y.S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Need" <nee1 at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: Ever say "Hi?"


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> >Thank you! I just need more experience...
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> >Y.S.
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> Question for the original poster. Was the punctuation significant?
> That is, were you asking about the use of _hi_ with a rising
> intonation? Or were you asking about the use of _hi_ with any
> intonation? I certainly use _hi_ as a greeting and I can imagine
> using the rising intonation if I am not certain if I know the person
> I am addressing, or if I think I might be interrupting.
>
> Barbara Need
> UofC--Linguistics
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> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kim & Rima McKinzey" <rkmck at EARTHLINK.NET>
> >To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 4:00 PM
> >Subject: Re: Ever say "Hi?"
> >
> >  > >We do hear people saying "Hello?" But personally I've never heard
anybody
> >>  >saying "Hi?" Do you? Odd?
> >>
> >>  All the time, hear it and use it.  Also "hey."
> >>
> >>  Rima
> >>
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