Elongating The Word 'Hello' In French, Spanish, German

[Project3]

Hi, In English 'Hello' is written as just written. But could write it as 'Hellloooo' to elonggate it, make it sound longer when spoken and it would still be understood readable for those that understand English. Example: singer on stage might say after the first song Helllooo London. In Spanish would it be the same for 'Hola' Holllaaa, French 'Bonjour' Bonjoouurr, German 'Hallo' Hallllooo?

[Buenchico]

As it's the first syllable that's stressed in ¡Hola!, I'd expect it to be that part of the word which would be elongated.

I'd expect that a French TV presenter, say, wanting to stress the important part of 'good day', would add the emphasis to the 'good' part, meaning that the elongation would need to be to 'bon', rather than to 'jour'.

[Jackdaw33]

I'm thinking of 'Good morning, Vietnam' where morning is elongated.

[SteveD]

You could try posting this question in the "All Languages" section of WordReference Forums.

[Peter Pedant]

I am not sure if I have read anything on
no noo and nooo-ooooo---ooo
they have different meanings and contexts clearly
and engage semiotics - linguistics of signs and not of words

English has spoken sounds which are separate in other languages ( allophones - listen to yourself say spit and you can hear an ever sl slight h between s and i and this is a separate letter in Hindi.

h in hello for someone you have seen that day is an h
but if you have not seen someone and say HHHHello,
that is a stressed H in arabic ( hey and Ha) and have separate letters

and Ihave seen absolutely NOTHING written about this in linguisitcs

[Peter Pedant]

// 'Good morning, Vietnam' //
I think there is only one recording of this isnt there?
He was NOT wanted at the time and no one recorded him - sxcept Grunts who put a tape recorder in front of their transistors

result - terrible quality sounds as tho it was made in the jarn

robin william of course is not real
[I think this is the film where a wife said " why they all speak Thai, it is set in Vietnam isnt it?"]

[allenlondon]

Once heard a girl talking in French to a friend, and she did a lot of elongating, like “mais oui” was said as “mais weeee”.

Probably not the French version of Received Pronunciation, but it worked.

[Khandro]

Adding more than one 'o' to the ending of 'hello' doesn't extend the sound it, changes it, so it sounds like the word 'two' extended.

You could do it maybe with 'w's as: Hellowwww!

[Peter Pedant]

wee in French
there is an aspirate at the end if you listen - oui(h)
deffo NOT a glottal stop
and doesnt sound much like uvular fricative ( the French r or arabic gh)

fun thread - - but I am not sure what the q is

[Peter Pedant]

o god can anyone tell me the rules of liaison?

est-il is ay-teel but Moet et Chandon is not mower tay shandon
and mais oui is deffo not mayz zwee

[nescio]

PP
the t at the end of Moet is not silent

[Khandro]

That depends on how much you've drunk. :o)