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Angela
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Angela asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

What dooes it when when someone from England says "Hello Hello Hello"?

I heard Dick Van Dyke's character in the Disney version of Mary Poppins use it and I also heard one of the corpse characters in The Corpse Bride use it as well.

As if you can't tell, I'm an American and I really do believe what General Patton said about us is true: that we're one people separated by a common language.

Update:

Heh heh, sorry about the misspelling in the second word there. I wasn't looking at the screen when I was typing.

Update 2:

Dark Jensie: The movie The Corpse Bride is less than a decade old.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    It's a sort of joke about the old British 'bobbies' (from Robert Peel by the way, who formed the first police force in England). When they came across something suspicious or a crime in progress, they'd say, "Hello, Hello, Hello", meaning, "What 'ave we 'ere then?" (in fact they would follow up "Hello........" with that phrase!)

    You will usually hear it said in old British comedies of the 1940s and 50s

    Source(s): Old Brit!
  • 1 decade ago

    Yes it is used in a semi comical way . Also used by a old policeman character ,,D ixon of Dock Green . Sort of a quizzical thing to mean Hello whats going on here then ? yes there are certain differences in words , spelling and meanings but not all that important .

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think it's from the old Music Hall times when a policeman would come on to the stage as part of the act and say " Hello Hello Hello wot 'ave we 'ere then ?" while pretending to look at a crime.

  • S
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Its an old term that English policemen were reputed to use a lot when they came across someone they wanted to talk too.

    Of course they never really used it but you hear it used a lot when actors are depicting English Policemen in usually humorous situations

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  • 1 decade ago

    it means 'Hello'...

    just slightly more sarcastic like what are you up to ect, which is why stereotypically, policemen say it.

    allthough it probably hasnt been used in 50 years now :P

  • 1 decade ago

    It doesnt mean anything - just Hello! ?????

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