Showing posts with label high. Show all posts
Showing posts with label high. Show all posts

Friday, December 14, 2012

hi, hie, high

Hi or hi is an informal greeting, like "hello"--
Hi! How are you?
He didn't even say "hi". He must be angry.

Hie or hie ( rhymes with hi ) is an old-fashioned word meaning to hurry or to move in haste--
Hie ye to yon tavern for a tankard of ale.
Tell him to hie to the market for a peck of potatoes.

High or high ( rhymes with hi ) means tall or at an elevation,  literally or figuratively--
There is a house high on the top of that hill.
She always had trouble with the high note at the end.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Hi! Shall we hie to yon theater and sit high in the balcony?"