Hiya!

[Leanne Riding]

Very interesting!
Say, does the phrase "long time no see" come from CPE?
Also just curious...

As for Hiya, I'm not sure... for some reason the image of disney's 
"goofy" pops in my head. "Hiya mickey!" (Maybe he did not say that.) 
Wouldn't this be related to "hi"?

David Robertson wrote:

>This is a bit off the topic of Jargon, but I'm reading up on Chinese Pidgin 
>English because of the number of words in Kamloops Wawa that could come 
>from it...
>
>I know we get a number of common English expressions from CPE, like "no can 
>do" and "chop chop".  
>
>But does anyone know if we got "hiya" (meaning "hello") from CPE also?  
>Various online sources say this is known from the 1940s onward, which could 
>mean CPE is a less likely source.  
>
>Just curious,
>
>--Dave R
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