hollo / hullo/ hello / hi / hey as simple greetings

[Barbara Need]

>At 4:29 PM -0500 2/23/05, Wilson Gray wrote:
>>Wasn't there a character who lived in "Allen's Alley" who said....
>>Nope. That character said "Howdy, bub," not "Hey, bub."
>>
>>-Wilson
>
>I believe it was Ann Landers (although it may have also been Dear
>Abby, her twin) who was especially fond of the "Bub" salutation, as
>in "Wake up and smell the coffee, Bub".

That sounds much more like Ann Landers than Dear Abby. She tended to
be a little more acerbic than her sister.

Barbara