[Foundation-l] Introduction to the internal workings ofthelanguage subcommittee

[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

> My apologies, first I could tell Gerard was not a native speaker but did
> not
> know where from. Second, I'm in Flanders and I cannot recall anyone saying
> "Hoi" to me.
>
>
> Brian McNeil
>

In the Netherlands, it is quite common. It is not a formal greeting, and I
would not start a letter to my dean or rector with "Hoi", but normally I
start informal letters to my colleagues like this.

Cheers
Yaroslav