Comment by AstroNutt
9 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.
9 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