- hi; in abparticle,
<e4f8245b-34d9-446d-bf9f-6db6b289313a DeleteThis @8g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
ncwaite DeleteThis @hotmail.com and others debated:
[n.b. cross-posted to afp, with follow-up set thither, as being [I]...]
>>>>>
>>>>>? ? What on earth does "Ayup" mean?
>>>>A meaningless but friendly salutation normally associated with
>>>>Yorkshire.
>>>Ayup Alec... Since when was saying 'Hello' in an interesting,
- this is one of the word's/phrase's/phrases interpretations,
certainly; in other, sometimes only a little longer, phrases
incorporating it, it may indicate some, any - or all - of a
much larger range of things;
>>>friendly
- this is probably the most significant factor in determining
its usage, in whatever context;
>>> way 'Meaningless'?
>>
>>Well, what is it's meaning? In signal processing terminology (e.g.
>>the clacks), it is channel overhead, not carrying data. Necessary,
>>even important, but not part of the data stream. In this context,
>>tells me nothing I do not know e.g. from the headers
- but in its absence from signalling links, there would be
ambiguity between "no signals received or sent" and "link
no longer alive; check, investigate and fix (if possible)."
>
>And in the Bromeliad it is translated [*] as "I'm alive and so are
>you", which is not entirely meaningless.
>
- true, even in viva voce direct communication; but n.b.
context and tone of voice can turn it into a question, a
commiseration, a philosophical reflection, or even a
sharp warning; always to/for/with someone with whom the
speaker is upon at least friendly terms (ime).
- very similar is the lancashire "nah then" ("now then");
these may be in more widespread usage than either side o'
t' pennines: and other parts of the uk (or england) will
almost certainly have, or have had, their own equivalent.
"how's it going" isn't the same, though i was taught that
"ca va?" ["sa-vah?"], answered by "ca va.", whilst pretty
much as literal a translation of that as could be, bears
much closer a relationship to the conversation: "ayup?"
"ayup." (or "nah then, lad/lass?" "nah then."), than it
does to "how are you?"/"how are things going?"
- and jeffrey, my big sister's feller, reports that from
his friends "of a certain age" in the durham meeting, it
is now de rigueur to begin all but the briefest of casual
social interactions with what they quite charmingly term
"the organ recital"...
- love, a ppint. happy to have two thrids IMT back open
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