How (greeting)
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The word how is used frequently as a greeting in representations of Native American speech by Europeans or whites. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was originally used by missionary Jean de Brébeuf to indicate an interjection of approval used by the Wyandot (or Huron in French uses); the OED gives the transcription haau.[1] It later became common in popular culture, used (inaccurately) for someone of any North American tribe.
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- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, "how, int. 2" (http://dictionary.oed.com).
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