ITT we add "yo!" to famous opening/ending lines in literature

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"Yo!" is not a new concept in English.

Old English had a word "Hw�t" that basically is the same as "Yo".

Beowulf posted:

Yo! The badass people-kings,
the Danes with spears, a long time ago,
we have heard, boy did they kick rear end!

There are still some old songs people know that have "Hark" and "Lo" in them:

Christmas Carol posted:

Yo! The harald angels sing!
Glory to the newborn king!

Zelda: Ocarina of Time had Navi the Fairy introduce stuff with "Listen!" or "Hey! Listen!", a translation of a similar word in Japanese before "yo" was mainstream modern English. But you can think of it as an old-timey way to say "Yo!"

# ¿ Oct 23, 2023 23:21

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 01:46

cruft

ulvir posted:

Yo! We Gar-Dena in gear-dagum, �eod-cyninga, �rym gefrunon, hu �a ��elingas ellen fremedon!

Oh, you beat me to it.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2023 23:23

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