Talk:Yo
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Restored previous version after Patcathat1 vandalized it.
The Oxford English Dictionary says that 'Yo' as a greeting goes back to Middle English. Was 1960s Philadelphia in some kind of timewarp? Matthew 16:43, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Yes, it was. 70.105.29.96 17:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
>>Yo! No! It wasn't. It was 'down the shore'. K&A
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[edit] Links
Should this entry have a link to Yoism?
- Loadmaster 15:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Yoism and format
Yeh, i think it should at least make a link to Yoism.. This article really needs to have some formatting, its just a block of text. (I would do it but im not very good at 'wikify'ing...) Samoen 16:55, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Same here. i wish i could, but heh. V.V. hopefuly someone does it. Peace Out Yo! -EvilHom3r September 25, 2006. 6:07 AM (EST)
[edit] Uses
There are a bunch of the uses of "yo" stated here which I've never heard. Anywhere. In fact the only usage I'm aware of is as a substitute for "hi" or "hey". Alot of the uses listed are uses of "woah" or somthing similar. Since when did "yo" mean chill out? Since when do people say "yo" when they're amazed?
I've heard a lot of them used the way this article describes.
[edit] 1960s?
Since when did "yo" begin in the 1960s? I've seen many 50s movies where American GIs in WWII would respond to the calling of roll with the word. That proves that the phrase is older than Pyle's usage, and would strongly suggest that it was in usage by at least the mid 1940s in that context. Some more serious research needs to be done into the origins and history. - Plasticbadge 19:24, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 1940's?
Um f-y-i most wwII movies weren't made in wwII. they were made after it ended when theusage was more common. you should use a more reliable critisizm before trying to prove the article wrong than movies —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.186.112.1 (talk) 14:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC).
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