QI, Series Two [B]

[On the word "hello", as opposed to "hullo"]

Stephen Fry:
It just meant an expression of surprise-"Hullo, what have we got here?" "Hullo, what's this?" And we still use it in that sense.

Bill Bailey:
Do we?

Stephen Fry:
… Don't we, Bill?

Bill Bailey:
Yes, when we live our lives like 1950s detective films, yes. I often go to my fridge, "Hullo, we're out of milk. I say, mother, where's the milk?"

Stephen Fry:
You beast, you beast, you utter, utter, beast.