Archive for August 13th, 2007

Is “hey” the new “hi”?

CBC Radio, Uncategorized, odd things, words| 29 Comments »

The last few weeks I’ve been noticing “hey” or “hey there” being used to open certain CBC programs – as in “Hey there, welcome to Q.” This leads a typist to wonder if “hey” isn’t replacing “hi” as a casual greeting. I first noticed the Hey-for-Hi transposition on the TV program Friends, as in: Ross [...]