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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