Literate & Agressive

[Doombringer50]

Javatom

You're correct.

Why can't people just say "Hello"? Unless I am very mistaken, it's pretty easy to say. Two syllables.

I agree with you all the way. biggrin omo:

Fun fact: Originally people used 'ahoy' as a greeting. When the telephone was invented, hello became the custom from the slang Oh hell, and a floidian(?) slip.  

[Ithaya]

Doombringer50

Javatom

You're correct.

Why can't people just say "Hello"? Unless I am very mistaken, it's pretty easy to say. Two syllables.

I agree with you all the way. biggrin omo:

Fun fact: Originally people used 'ahoy' as a greeting. When the telephone was invented, hello became the custom from the slang Oh hell, and a floidian(?) slip.

I think Freudian slip is what you're looking for, from the psychologist Sigmun Freud. But that's to do with calling someone mum or dad or something by accident. What does that have to do with greetings?

Ahoy? Wasn't that just sailors? I'm sure good day was used a lot more often. Or good morrow in Shakespeare's time. ^_^  

[WellThen]

Well, I definitely don't agree with any racist comments, whether they are meant as a greeting or not. In the case of "N", I see even less reason to use it, being that it was a derogatory term used in slaving times.

But as for slang causing fights, I don't think that's true. I can fully see, if we talk politely, that people will begin to read more tones and looks than what is actually being said. Also, I'm fully able to insult people while staying completely polite to them, it's not that hard.

As for the Elizabethan greeting, I would've thought it more along the lines of what Puck said to Fairy: "How now Spirit! Whither wander thou?" The first part, showing that you're talking to the person, the second, an inquiry into what they're doing at that time.  

[Aramethea]

I agree with you, but I am about to be a total grammar Nazi. You use too many apostrophies and commas incorrectly. Sorry - just had to say it. This IS a guild dedicated to grammar, after all.  

[Hyotana]

ironically, the originator of this post uses incorrect grammar. He misuses the apostrophe rule, and uses comas everywhere they don't belong during a complaint about language.  

[Sola Catella]

I don't mind swearing--I do it myself quite a bit--but insults are where I draw the line. For instance, I don't mind someone exclaiming 'Oh, s**t! My locker won't open and I'm going to be late!' but I draw that line at 'Yo, ******' or calling one's friends your 'bitches.'

I agree with Aramathea and Hyotana: You REALLY need a good lesson about apostraphes. Apostraphes couples with S's are only used to show possession, to pluralize dates (e.g., 1940's), or to pluralize numbers or letters (9's, A's). The latter two uses are also going out of fashion. Go check out Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, please. 'Aggressive' is also spelled with two G's.