yallo
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Interjection
[edit]yallo
- A variant ofhello,often associated with accents in the southern United States.
- 2012,Ann J. Colby,Cross Town Murders,page378:
- He answered with his usual detached inflection, “Yallo.”
- 2011,Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon,Southern Comfort,page52:
- “Yallo,”his boss drawled and Seth could picture the man kicked back in his recliner, beer in hand, watching a repeat of some golden oldie sitcom on TV.
- 2004,John Powell III,Hunter And Hunted,page440:
- A country-boy Texas drawl, similar to Quelldon's own, spilled back from wherever the call terminated. “Yallo.”There was a small cough, then the voice repeated the mispronounced greeting. “Yallo?Anybody there?”