Re: hiya
Hiya, Rechtschreiber.Since no-one else has yet replied I'll throw my two pfennigs in here and say that -- despite "Hi" (which may, or may not, be a shortening of the greeting under question) -- I'd...
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Searching the Newspaperarchive database, I see several examples of "Hiya" from the 1930's (earliest 1934). This is not very interesting, just another example of how easy antedating is.
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Filipinos are being taught that "hi ya" means "hi you" (ie, the greeting); viz:Re: Uri ng isdang umiiyak - Kind of crying fish... Hiya,(hi ya!=English for hi you) The real translation would be: My...
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As I said earlier, "Hi" may or may not be a shortening of "Hiya" and I rather think it isn't because -- as you remind us, Ozzie -- "Hi" or something very similar (Hei, Hej, etc) is in use all round...
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"Hi" is pretty clearly not a shortening of "hiya." The use of "hi" as an exclamation to call attention to something dates to the 15th C. Use as a word of greeting is found from the 1860s. It appears...
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