+277 You have never considered that the word "Howdy" is a contraction of the phrase "How do you do?", amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Being from the south it wasn't that hard to figure out.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Not hard to figure out sure, but when you don't give the word even the slightest thought, it's pretty easy to not know.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Being from the South, //I've// always just kind of accepted it as a word. This was quite the revelation.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

"I've" wasn't supposed to sound pretentious. wary

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I knew Howdy was short for how do you do, and I very frequently great people by saying howdy. It makes my day when people tell me how they're doing.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I thought it our Southern form of hello.. Interesting.

by Anonymous 11 years ago