Jenna Jones/1800s History
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Saturday 25 April 2026 02:40:32 GMT
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Brooke Randell :
"Hey is for horses" was a pretty common etiquette thing from older people well into the 1990s!
2026-04-28 14:31:11
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Grace Haygood :
At my living history museum we said “good day” in 1836
2026-04-25 03:38:49
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user8941213911513 :
Just realized howdy is short for how do you do 🤯.
2026-06-05 04:30:06
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Elena's CCC :
this is how I answer the phone
2026-04-25 04:16:14
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Aleta :
My Grandma (born 1922) used to jokingly say “Hay is for horses!” She didn’t really care about “Hey” that much, but she did think that saying was pretty clever. 🤭 She would have loved learning about this type of thing, btw. I wish I could call her and ask if she knew about the history of “hello”
2026-04-25 03:47:02
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RatherBeKnitting :
Hello as a word didn’t exist at some point?!? Never considered this an option 😂
2026-04-25 03:22:26
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AnnieKu! :
My grandma always used the greeting “How do?”
2026-04-25 06:29:05
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piokerchristine :
I am old enough to remember old people's response to me saying Hey was "hey is for horses".
2026-04-25 20:17:14
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Jackie's girl :
I like that Hello/hi catched on bc it's just a greeting and doesn't have a meaning you ignore, like "how are yo doing?" It irritates me to say things I don't mean just because it has been established as a standard greeting. hello is honest. If you don't care about how I'm doing then you shouldn't ask.
2026-04-25 21:25:24
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JHouserWrites :
In Poland, they answer with "tak, słucham" which means "yes, I'm listening"😅 Like whadya want? I'm listening; get on with it.
2026-04-25 07:05:28
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Busy as can 🐝 :
Often, as a kid, if I said 'Hey' to an adult, they’d say, 'Hay is for horses & I’m not a horse.'😜
2026-04-25 07:55:03
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st.james.infirmary :
In Czech our word for “hello” is “Ahoy” 😁
2026-04-26 20:44:39
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Belief It Or Not 🇵🇸 :
The new young Sherlock show had someone say “game recognize game.” surely that’s accurate right?
2026-04-25 04:21:21
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Zlecky :
my family used to say, "hey is for horses!" but no one would even get that now?
2026-04-26 04:46:01
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Kat :
“Howdy” is short for “how do ye” and has been around a looooong time
2026-04-27 20:49:32
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purenergy72 :
Edison was pretty terrible too
2026-04-25 07:58:03
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Scooter🛵 :
YES OMG! one of my biggest historic pet peeves
2026-04-25 04:12:25
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Tahlia Z :
me knowing this because of glee is kinda weird lol
2026-05-22 02:41:50
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Dani | Craft Hoarder :
I learned this from Young Sheldon yesterday 😂
2026-04-25 04:09:34
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Liz :
I work at a ren faire, we use things like "Well met!"
2026-04-27 02:28:33
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Kenny Cottrell Jr. :
Another thing that drives me nuts in period pieces is when they use the wrong telephone for the period. Nobody really notices this unless you know what to look for. One that I really remember is the help. They used phones with modular cords almost exclusively. Modular cords weren’t introduced until 1972. It’s one of those small details that catches your eye if you know what to look for
2026-04-25 12:49:45
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Rayne Michelle 🇨🇦🏳️⚧️ :
Ahoj is Czech and is a greeting which means "hello!" Also, in Early Modern English, specifically Shakedpeare, they'd say "hollah" which is akin to the Spanish hola, but it's pronounced like a 2000s rapper would say "holla," although that is from African American English and the 2 should not be confused with one another.
2026-04-25 08:24:10
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Lora Gibbs :
So was it just good morning, good afternoon, good evening? Or was there something else the equivalent of ciao?
2026-04-26 21:33:22
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🧚🏽 bear 🧚🏽 :
Ahoy!!
2026-05-01 23:26:45
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happy just looking :
around my parts of the UK we say alright ? to which the reply is alright! because it is not an actual question
2026-05-17 10:37:56
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