Talk:Howdy

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The result of the debate was PAGE MOVED per discussion below. -GTBacchus^(talk) 21:25, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

I agree with the requested move. I created Howdy (disambiguation) because I was annoyed with the redirect. --Gray Porpoise 10:43, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

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Support. Vegaswikian 17:55, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support per my comment above. --Gray Porpoise 18:44, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support, the album isn't the primary topic by any stretch. Recury 16:35, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

The word "howdy" stands for "how do ye", with the Texan accent being a derivative of Old English, who unsuccessfully settled the area in the 1500's. This is recognized by linguists at the University of Calgary, with an entry ("howdy") noting this at dictionary.com .

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The above information in the discussion is inaccurate. Old English was only spoken through the 12th Century, first of all. And Dictionary.com says nothing of this sort. Here's the link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/howdy?r=14 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.113.212.86 (talk) 19:11, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth, I used to greet customers with 'howdy' at a store in the midwest, and elderly customers would routinely respond as though I had said 'how are you?'145.18.18.33 (talk) 11:14, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

An Informal Greeting

That is correct. Being from Tennessee I can attest that "Howdy!" is completely interchangeable with "Hello!" and is not indicative of asking how one is doing. The proper reply is the same or another form of hello. Traumatic (talk) 19:48, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]