tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22830325.post3624464665260529150..comments2010-12-04T08:27:03.716-05:00Comments on I'm Sick of the Crap: No one took noticeGene Retskenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22830325.post-81100534465946741252010-12-04T08:27:03.716-05:002010-12-04T08:27:03.716-05:00Thanks for the comment, Mark, but you are wrong. T...Thanks for the comment, Mark, but you are wrong. The original 16th phrase was, "hale fellow, well met," "hale" being the middle english term for "health," as in "hale and hardy." It was later deprecated to "hail" but that does not make sense in the context of the phrase.<br /><br />Nice try, but no cigar!Gene Retskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802523908558515488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22830325.post-32642185214892248062010-12-04T04:23:30.643-05:002010-12-04T04:23:30.643-05:00just for the record, there is no such phrase in En...just for the record, there is no such phrase in English as 'hale fellow well met". the correct wording, according to the OED and all other sources dating back to medieval times, is 'HAIL fellow well met'MARKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651023724477492402noreply@blogger.com