Emilie Flygare-Carlén: Enslingen på Johannis-skäret, Bd. 2; Norrköpping 1846; S. 277, deutsch Der Einsiedler auf der Johannis-Klippe, hier aus der Übersetzung Grimma 1847. Die Übersetzungen Berlin 1846 und Stuttgart 1846 konnten nicht eingesehen werden. After having travelled to America in the 18th century the evangelical Moravian Church, which originated in Bohemia and Moravia, passed on this nautical knowledge, even the shout, to those from their former homeland. [ citation needed] J. J. Moore: The Midshipman’s Or British Mariner’s Vocabulary. London 1801 und Washington 1805, s.v. hoay. Charles James: A new and enlarged military dictionary. 2. Aufl. London 1805, s.v. hoay The variant ohoy was used early on as a synonym for ahoy. In one anecdote, printed in 1791, it appears as the ironic greeting of a captain to his boatman who is dressed up like a Romney Marsh Sheep when he entered the stage: "Ohoa, the boatswain, the Romney, Ohoy!" The "boatswain answered "Holloa" and disappeared. The Scottish poet Thomas Campbell published a satirical poem in 1821, in which a rider shouted: "Murderer, stop, ohoy, oh". In 1836 the Scottish novelist Allan Cunningham wrote: "Ohoy, Johnnie Martin! Ohoy, Tom Dempster! be busy my "merry lads, and take me on board".

With respect to people here who still think that " there" in greetings doesn't refers to distance here is my explanation: Contributions should be travel related. The most helpful contributions are detailed and help others make better decisions. Please don’t include personal, political, ethical, or religious commentary. Promotional content will be removed and issues concerning Booking.com’s services should be routed to our Customer Service or Accommodation Service teams. Eelco Verwijs, Jacob Verdam: Middelnederlandsch woordenboek, Bd. 3 (1894); s.v. hoede 2, sowie WNT Band 6, 1912, s.v. heude The expression ahoy is documented in a German source text from 1829. In her short story Die Armenierin, the Saxon writer Charlotte Eleonore Wilhelmine von Gersdorff inserted this word several times in a specialist context, both as an invocation and to express encouragement. The author also worked as a translator from English. Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1951): "Ahoi! Die Segel gelichtet [sic!], weg, zu anderen Küsten, zu anderen Bräuten!" [29]Der Prozess um des Esels Schatten, zitiert nach Friedrich Dürrenmatt: 4 Hörspiele. Berlin 1967, S. 28 The phrase “splice the mainbrace” specifically refers to the practice of splicing, or repairing, the mainbrace, which is the largest and most important rope on a ship. The mainbrace was used to control the ship’s sails and was essential for navigation and manoeuvring. Splicing the mainbrace was a difficult and time-consuming task that required skill and expertise, so it was often used as a way to reward the crew for their hard work and dedication. Dietmar Bartz: Ahoi! Ein Wort geht um die Welt. In: derselbe: Tampen, Pütz und Wanten. Seemannssprache, Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-86539-344-9, S. 309 Ahoy There is a traditional holiday cottage in St Ives that has the added luxury of parking nearby. Its location makes this cottage very sought-after being in the heart of St Ives' historic Downalong area on Island Road. This beautiful self-catering cottage in St Ives offers 3 bedrooms, 3 ensuite bathrooms (plus additional WC), a sheltered balcony off the master bedroom suite, a small outside area off the kitchen with bench seat and a place to wash off and hang wetsuits and, naturally, thanks to its superb location means you are just moments from Porthgwidden and Porthmeor beaches. In Czech Republic and Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia), ahoj (pronounced [aɦɔj], ahoj ⓘ) is an everyday greeting. The following are folk explanations [53] for why ahoj is used in this part of Central Europe:

Their dictionaries give the English ohoy as a single source word, usually before ahoy sometimes afterwards. Friedrich Kluge: Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 23. Aufl. Berlin, New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-016392-6, s. v. In the 1780s ahoy was already used on the stage in London to create a sea-faring atmosphere. In this way it reached a very wide audience. In the comedy The Walloons, brought to the stage in 1782 by the playwright Richard Cumberland, the expression was used to catch someone's attention: "Ahoy! you Bumboat, bring yourself this way". The work was published posthumously in 1813. OED s.v. hoy int. The epos has three known variants - A, B, and C. The form hoy is taken from variant C; in A it is written as hey, in B as how. The dating is taken from OED Ready to experience a tranquil oceanfront getaway with your family and best mateys? Ahoy There offers traditional Oak Island beach cottage vibes with modern touches, panoramic views, a private boardwalk to the sandy shore, and two covered porches to relax and enjoy the ocean breeze! You'll truly find everything you need for your next Oak Island stay at this 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom vacation home — including beach gear (like chairs and a wagon). Plus, it's conveniently located in the West Beach area, right down the road from Lonerider and The Point.Ahoy is a combination of the call 'hoy' plus the sound 'a', presumably added to draw more attention to the cry. 'Hoy!' was a common call in England to drive cattle. The earliest known example is from William Langland, in whose 1393 epic poem, Piers the Ploughman, the word first appears in Middle English: 'And holpen to erie þis half acre with 'hoy! troly! lolly!', [4] which roughly translates to "And helped to plow this half acre with 'hoy! troly! lolly!'". [5] Meaning “hello” or “hey there” in nautical language, “Ahoy” is a classic and versatile nautical greeting that can be used to say hello or get someone’s attention on a ship.

Czechoslovak Merchant Navy sailors with their high sea ships had brought the word with them when they went home for summer.If all the world were Jell-O, And whipped cream filled the sea, Then the only spoon from here to the moon Would have to belong to me ( Jell-O Gelatin Dessert advertising slogan )

Czech and Slovak [ edit ] Czechoslovak cargo ship in traffic in Magdeburg on its way to Hamburg on the Elbe, 1965 Theories of origin [ edit ]

The "Wer da", or "Who's there?", the phrase he introduced once was not new. In 1824 and 1827 the German editions of Cooper's story The Pilot were released, in which ahoi was translated with similar expressions, such as "Wer da!", "Wer da?", "heda" or "He! He!". Not until 1842 in der Lotse (English, the pilot) ahoy became the standard interjection due to Eduard Mauch's translation, however this contained four ahoys and one ahoi.