Comment by AstroNutt
11 hours ago
Back in the 80's, I'd call my best friend and when his Dad would answer, he would say, "yello". Is this a North Eastern thing? His family was from Pennsylvania.
11 hours ago
Back in the 80's, I'd call my best friend and when his Dad would answer, he would say, "yello". Is this a North Eastern thing? His family was from Pennsylvania.
In japanese there is ヤッホ (Yahho~) which might be related to english "Yoo-hoo". Apparently this comes from dutch "joehoe". I've also seen etymology sources list "yoo-hoo" coming from sailing jargon "yo-ho", but these might all be related.
In the article this is not too far from "Γειά σου" (yah-soo) and the supposed root as a ferryman hail (halâ). So I guess the "yoohoo" branch of greetings might in fact be related, or otherwise it's an independent rederivation with two common and similar sounds ("yo"/"ho").
"Yello" might probably be a cute combination of yoohoo and hello. Or you could go all the way with Yahallo~.
The Swiss band Yello was named after this (sort of): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yello#History
I remember my dad saying "yello" in the 90's, here in Northern California. Pretty sure he just said it because he found it amusing.
I associate "yello" with Homer Simpson: https://www.facebook.com/TheDoctorZaius/videos/7233283715092...
(fingers crossed I'm not somehow doxxing myself by sharing a fb link)
Forgot about that. So about a 100% chance my dad got it from that.
I've heard people in Utah say this as well