Timeline for How did "coucou" (with its original "cuckoo" meaning) become a greeting in French?
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May 27, 2019 at 20:51 | comment | added | user19187 | If possible please select the accurate answer, which is Laure's. | |
May 27, 2019 at 17:33 | comment | added | Jim | It appears in a novel by Loren Wilkenson spoken by a child on Martinique | |
Mar 26, 2017 at 17:16 | answer | added | ashdicosta | timeline score: 0 | |
Jul 5, 2014 at 18:16 | history | edited | Stéphane Gimenez |
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Sep 30, 2013 at 21:57 | comment | added | Knu | coucou is an impromptu greeting. | |
Sep 30, 2013 at 16:16 | answer | added | ex-user2728 | timeline score: 2 | |
Jun 16, 2013 at 14:30 | comment | added | Artyom | The same sound (or its monosyllabic version) is also used as an informal greeting in Russian, typically in writing. | |
May 20, 2013 at 21:15 | answer | added | laurent | timeline score: -3 | |
Aug 31, 2011 at 5:35 | answer | added | None | timeline score: 25 | |
Aug 27, 2011 at 7:49 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackFrench/status/107359070217961472 | ||
Aug 26, 2011 at 2:22 | answer | added | HoLyVieR | timeline score: 4 | |
Aug 25, 2011 at 14:22 | vote | accept | Jez | ||
Aug 25, 2011 at 14:21 | history | edited | Jez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Aug 25, 2011 at 14:17 | history | edited | Evpok | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Aug 25, 2011 at 14:01 | comment | added | Joubarc | I think the first usage would indeed have been to go out from hiding to amuse children, mimicking the way a cuckoo works(including hiding one's eyes with your hands as the cuckoo doors). This is same as "Peekaboo!" in English or "Kiekeboe!" in Dutch. No idea how it then became a greeting. I know quite a lot of people who use it orally too, myself included. | |
Aug 25, 2011 at 14:01 | answer | added | M'vy | timeline score: 16 | |
Aug 25, 2011 at 13:54 | comment | added | F'x | Le Littré dit “Coucou ! cri que fait en jouant l'enfant qui croit être bien caché.” | |
Aug 25, 2011 at 13:47 | history | asked | Jez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |