From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   Hello. Goodbye.   
   Passing over the intrductory paragraph,   
   Crystal says a few things about the word "hello".   
   Surprisingly late in appearance -- 19th century.   
   The first part links back to things like "ha!" "ho!" and "hi!" as   
   vocatives and greetings right from OE.   
   There may also be a connection with hal/hail greetings meaning "good   
   health!.   
   In a triumph of English spelling, the word has been spelled with all   
   five of the vowels available: hallo, hello, hillo, hollo, hullo.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)