I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.
I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.
My grandpa would do this to me when I was a kid, but it was never in like a rude way. It was just one of the funny ways we would mess with each other.
In my language, “Hi!” sounds like “Shark!”, so sometimes I have to suppress the urge to say “is a fish”, because Gen Xs I knew used to say it all the time.
Germany? We have “Hai” “Fish” “Flosse” “Suppe” as a back and forth thing. Sharkfish fin soup.
Always fun to find someone who knows the full game
Haj