Hello/Hullo/Hallo

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It's hello with an E.

Hullo and hallo annoy me. Is it just me or does it give other people the rage. MIL send emails with hullo and it irritates me.

Hallo is surely an expression of surprise - "hallo, what's that doing there?". I use it in that sense.

I also say "hullo" but wouldn't write it... It looks strange.

I'm sure AA Milne used Hallo in the 1920s.
Perhaps there was an acceptable deviation.

I've also read hullo (and autocorrect doesn't correct it), so perhaps all versions are ok to use?

It does look strange written doesn't it.

She uses it in ordinary emails, it's just the way she writes it.

Hullo is a very Julian from the Famous Five thing to say.

Hi!

Didn't Enid Blyton used to write "Hullo" in her books?
I say Hello - perhaps it's a colloquial/age-related variation

(x-post with Digruntled - great minds )

According to the OED all three are correct.

Hullo and hallo are definitely both acceptable variations, I just personally wouldn't use them in that context. Unless I wanted to impersonate Julian that is

Or possibly Milly Molly Mandy. A mark of a wholesome children's book character!

Hullo sounds like a sullen version of hello to me. Anyone saying hullo in a book is clearly having a miserable time in my opinion.

Hallo is very jolly and surprised I agree with pp.

Ha MIL does like think of herself as upper middle class jolly hockey sticks (she's not at all) maybe that's what it is.

The U or A just look so wrong.

Hullo is also Jill's-Gymkhana-speak. Also wholesome.

I write "hello".