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"What ho" as in British English seems like a descendant of this usage

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/77151/what-ho-of...



There was a more colloquial translation a few years ago that rendered it as "Bro!"


That's the 2021 translation by Maria Headley

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374110031/beowulfanewtran...


I feel like Lil Jon would remind us that "What?!" still works pretty well today.


I guess "What bro!" is less sexist than "What ho!"




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