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Blueblooded65 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Hello?

What's the meaning of "hello" in this sentence?

There are man insects in the mountains this time of year. hello?
  

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There are man y insects in the mountains this time of year. H ello? I guess you meant "many".

— Enoon

  • There are man y insects in the mountains this time of year.
  • H ello?
  • I guess you meant "many".
  • That "hello" is an interjection, a recent slang word, meant to imply that you need a wake-up call, that you are in a sort of stupor that the "hello" is meant to snap you out of.
  • It's sarcastic, and it sounds best in the mouth of a teen-age girl and not so much anybody else.
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There are many insects in the mountains this time of year. Hello?

I guess you meant "many". That "hello" is an interjection, a recent slang word, meant to imply that you need a wake-up call, that you are in a sort of stupor that the "hello" is meant to snap you out of. It's sarcastic, and it sounds best in the mouth o
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Thanks a lot.
That's interesting.
But why just a teenage girl? Why not a teenage boy?
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blueblooded65Thanks a lot.That's interesting.But why just a teenage girl? Why not a teenage boy?
I don't know. Maybe it screams Valley Girl.
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enoonI don't know. Maybe it screams Valley Girl.
enoon blueblooded65Thanks a lot.That's interesting.But why just a teenage girl? Why not a teenage boy?I don't know. Maybe it screams Valley Girl.
A socio-linguistic American phenomenon from which bb65 has probably been spared.
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PhilipA socio-linguistic American phenomenon from which bb65 has probably been spared.
I was poised for the follow-up.

Also known as Valspeak.
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