Ever say "Hi?"

[Yass Shoji]

Thank you very much for your response! That's very interesting! I was
wondering if  "Hi." is really the same as "Hello." in many ways including
the situation you mentioned! So they do have rather different "functions"(?)
or "meanings" apart from the fundamental pragmatic one. I wonder how others
feel about this.... Thanks for your time!

Y.S.

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From: "Lamont Antieau" <antieau at UGA.EDU>
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Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: Ever say "Hi?"


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> If you are referring to such cases as walking up to a
> seemingly abandoned customer service counter and trying to
> get someone in the back room can help you, or wondering if
> someone is at the other end of a very quiet phone line, I
> would use "hello?" and never "hi?"  I can't say that I've
> ever heard anybody use "hi?" in those situations either.
>
> best,
>
> L.Antieau
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> >Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 11:28:20 +0900
> >From: Yass Shoji <yass67 at POPPY.OCN.NE.JP>
> >Subject: Ever say "Hi?"
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> >Dear All,
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> >We do hear people saying "Hello?" But personally I've never
> heard anybody
> >saying "Hi?" Do you? Odd?
> >
> >Best wishes,
> >Y.Shoji (Mr)
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