[Ads-l] BBC article: "'Hullo, hillo, holla': The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello'"

[Emily Gordon]

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260113-hello-hiya-aloha-what-our-greetings-reveal

Hello – or should that be hi, hey or howdy? Those in the English-speaking
world probably use some form of the greeting dozens of times a day. Below,
we trace the long and disputed history of "hello", as linguists explain
what your choice of greeting today says about you.

(Jan. 13, 2026)

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