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Sign in to savethumb|The greeting "Hello" became associated with telephones in the late 19th century. Postcard 1905–1915 Hello (often "hi" in modern English for frequent use) is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is first attested in writing from 1826.
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8 sectionsContents
- Early uses
- Etymology
- Telephone
- Hullo, hallo, and other spellings
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|The greeting "Hello" became associated with telephones in the late 19th century. Postcard 1905–1915 Hello (often "hi" in modern English for frequent use) is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is first attested in writing from 1826.
==Early uses== Hello, with that spelling, was used in publications in the U.S. as early as the 18 January 1826 edition of the Norwich Courier of Norwich, Connecticut. Another early use was an 1833 American book called The Sketches and Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, of West Tennessee, which was reprinted that same year in The London Literary Gazette. The word was extensively used in literature by the 1860s.