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Originally Posted by Mardelin  I lived in the South until a couple of years ago. The only ones that used Hey frequently were very young kids. I'm a bit old fashioned, some of the manners and socially acceptable things my mother taught me really stuck. I remember when I, as a kid I sould respond or addressed with Hey!, she'd come back with Hay is for horses, respond with civility. |
Our mothers must have been related! Can't recall how many times I heard my mother say the same thing about hay being for horses.
I belong to the "old fashioned" school too.