I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.

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    1 year ago

    It should of died out long ago and on the side of academic linguistics did, but on the internet sadly not so much