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Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was PAGE MOVED per discussion below. -GTBacchus^(talk) 21:25, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy[edit]

I agree with the requested move. I created Howdy (disambiguation) because I was annoyed with the redirect. --Gray Porpoise 10:43, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Survey[edit]

Add "* Support" or "* Oppose" followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~

Support. Vegaswikian 17:55, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support per my comment above. --Gray Porpoise 18:44, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support, the album isn't the primary topic by any stretch. Recury 16:35, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

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The word "howdy" stands for "how do ye", with the Texan accent being a derivative of Old English, who unsuccessfully settled the area in the 1500's. This is recognized by linguists at the University of Calgary, with an entry ("howdy") noting this at dictionary.com . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Limolnar (talk • contribs) 19:39, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above information in the discussion is inaccurate. Old English was only spoken through the 12th Century, first of all. And Dictionary.com says nothing of this sort. Here's the link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/howdy?r=14 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.113.212.86 (talk) 19:11, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That guy added a discussion when it clearly said not to alter the archived move discussion. I moved it down. - M0rphzone (talk) 06:27, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth, I used to greet customers with 'howdy' at a store in the midwest, and elderly customers would routinely respond as though I had said 'how are you?'145.18.18.33 (talk) 11:14, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I need to reference to the double form, "How do, How do" mentioned as customary greeting of Indians to Anglos in 1830s, and believe it may be in Jenkins, John Holland. Recollections of Early Texas: the Memoirs of John Holland Jenkins. Austin: University of Texas, 1987 and perhaps Wilbarger, J. W., Indian Depredations in Texas. Austin, Tex.: Eakin, Statehouse, 1889., but have not found that yet-- searching manually through the pages. I did run across an 1831 version, online, in this: Sabin, Edwin L. Boys Book of Frontier Fighters. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs &, 1919.

As for the "How-do, how-do!" It is a familiar phrase to me, my grandmother (Daughter of the Republic of Texas) having used it interchangeably with "Howdy-Howdy." So while the theory of "How do ye?" may have some merit, my own experience is not unique, that the phrase is linked to an idiom unrelated to the "Ye" form. I find the "Ye" argument doubtful for several reasons, and the "you" much easier to explain the "y" than "ye" but neither is necessary. Early Texas Anglo settlers were mainly Scotch-Irish via Tennessee, via Carolinas and Virginia, not not inclined to be speaking old world forms.--cregil (talk) 15:24, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

An Informal Greeting[edit]

That is correct. Being from Tennessee I can attest that "Howdy!" is completely interchangeable with "Hello!" and is not indicative of asking how one is doing. The proper reply is the same or another form of hello. Traumatic (talk) 19:48, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this article focused on Texas?[edit]

I have been all over the midwest and I know a lot of regions where the term "howdy" is commonly used. Focusing on Texas seems a bit limiting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.131.227.92 (talk) 07:04, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rules regarding punctuation of "Howdy".[edit]

I believe a citation is necessary, where it says "...follows these rules". However, I haven't added a ^{[citation needed]} tag myself, because I'm not completely sure. Erikkonstas (talk) 20:35, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Howdie or Howdy?[edit]

Why does the article spell it as "Howdie"? Where is this defined if anywhere? As far as I know, "howdy" is much more common if not the only correct spelling for the interjection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:1520:824:C1F6:ACA6:5517:1333 (talk) 21:44, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]