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For this reader, the origin of “hey” as a greeting is not the Bronx nor Jamaica, but somewhere closer to home
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Sir, Carol Midgley complains (Magazine, July 2) about the use of “Hey” as a greeting. Its origin, however, is not, as she mentions, the Bronx or Jamaica. In my family’s case it stems directly from watching the Swedish language version of Wallander.

Pamela Taor
Harrow on the Hill, Middx