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Hellow (I can't find a more original title)
Hellow,
I've already been reading these forums while looking for information (thanks to everybody), as I'm having an exam on English writing next week. I've spent a lot of time studying grammar books during this summer, and putting off writing. However, better late that never (mejor tarde que nunca, isn't it nice to find idioms that are so similar in both languages?) Although I was able to make myself understood when living in English speaking countries, I know I make a lot of mistakes, and would like to get rid of them. By the way, corrections and suggestions will be very welcome indeed (don't ask me why, but I love this last word). I'll try to help as well. Another "by the way": I'm rather impressed by the strong command of Spanish that some English native speakers show in these forums. |
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Welcome from me. I can't find anything to correct in your post, so keep posting.
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Thanks for your evaluation. It makes me more confident for my exam.
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As Perikles said, you write quite well indeed. There is one teensy spelling issue: the standard spelling is "hello". (Ah, spelling, the bane of grade-school students and second-language learners everywhere!)
Welcome to the forums! And keep writing! |
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Hello José.
He did it on purpose. |
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That's what I assumed. I've just learned that hello is a quite recent adaption of hallo, which itself is a variation on hollo, or hollow, or holla, from French holá (with accent grave). Fascinating, or not.
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According to the etymological section of the entry for "hello" in my home dictionary, French "holà" itself comes from "ho" + "là" [there], and "là" from Latin "illac" = "that way".
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I promise I didn't do it on purpose. I've been looking up in different dictionaries but no entries were found for 'hellow'.
I have no idea how I learn that bad spelling |
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I would suggest that you were led astray by the fact that we commonly pronounce "hello" with a strong glide to "oo", which we often spell using 'w' as in "owe". It's also the kind of sound-spelling error that we native speakers might make if we're not paying attention...
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