Posted by Terence McManus on October 08, 2001 at 10:29:40 from 202.108.48.20:
In Reply to: Ahoy posted by Alan Hakim on October 02, 2001 at 07:40:24:
When I lived in Prague, in the days before the velvet revolution, I was told that the greeting "Ahoj" originated with what my friend called "the tramps movement". I belive that he meant ramblers or hikers rather than vagabonds.
His explanation was that groups passing would hail each other "like ships at sea". So I suspect "Ahoj" is borrowed from English.