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Origin of "Hi There"

Posted by Eva Cameron on April 14, 2003

So, can anyone help me on where "Hi There!" comes from and why it is that we say "there" along with this greeting?

Amuzing to me, someone I said this to thinks I was being rude for calling them "there"--saying to me, "My name isn't 'there.'

Thoughts?

Eva

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