Basic grammar may tell you the "Hey" is an "interjection." When used to specifically address a person (or an audience,) as in your example, the Hey there is a "vocative adjunct" with an interpersonal function of addressing between speaker & listener (or writer & reader): "O, Romeo, Romeo …" This consists of relatively emotional words or phrases which express an exclamation, a call, a curse ...
When entering a place or meet a group of people or starting a speech, how do you say hello to the audience (from a few to thousands of people). I know that this depends on the situation. I think it...
Hi Folks, Please understand that, unlike most of the collector guns that I post about, I can offer very few details on this one. No SN, no SN prefix, photos of the label, etc. A few of these FDE guns (just over 100 IIRC, I have the exact number in my records, but can't recall exactly) were...
For example: "Hey, haven't seen you in ages! How are you?" versus "Sorry to hear about the diagnosis. How are you doing?" "I haven't seen you since the funeral — how are you doing?" "How are you doing: is the new baby still keeping you up all night?" "How are you?" should never be answered negatively or in too much detail.
Hey guys. It seems to be a common occurrence for the subject of “Glock Gen 5 Accuracy Improvement” to come up so I thought I’d contribute some facts I discovered that might help or interest people. I have read a lot of people saying that this is merely marketing hype from Glock, and that...
Some people consider hey to be an inappropriate greeting ("Hay is for horses"), but among those who do not, I wouldn't say that hey yourself has any inherently negative connotation. Its meaning is literal: hey to you as well I could say it dismissively or menacingly, but also flirtatiously or cordially. In such casual exchanges, the tone, tempo, body language, and other cues will impart far ...
