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Re:The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello' by greggsy on Saturday January 17, 2026 @09:21AM (#46658283)
Interesting. In Australia, people often use erhm or aah/aahm as an interjection to announce that they are about to commence speaking.
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Re:The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello' by redwall_hp on Saturday January 17, 2026 @01:49PM (#46660732)
Japan has that too: あの (ano) and えっと (etto) are used as fillers to indicate that you're about to say something.

Moshimoshi is fully a contextual greeting. (You'd use the good morning, good day, good evening equivalents in person.)

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