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The @stats_feed post correctly identifies 1826 as the first printed appearance of "hello" in the Norwich Courier, a Connecticut newspaper, where it functioned as an attention-grabbing call rather than a formal greeting. Older variants like "hollo," "hallo," and "holla" date back centuries as shouts to attract attention or in hunting/ferry contexts, but the specific "hello" spelling and its shift toward greeting use emerged in early 19th-century America. The word's popularity exploded in the 1880...