oh hai : what it means

i realize that over the time of using "oh hai" or "o hai" for basically everything (greetings, my flickr name, something i say to my husband when i don't want to admit that i again didn't clean a fork before putting it in the dishwasher) that i have explained many a times what it means and where it comes from.

well, it literally means "hi" in "lolspeak". what's lolspeak? familiar with the internet sensation of lolcats? if you aren't, i'm not sure you are missing out truly, but i personally think you are. basically, just images of cats with silly titles.





here is a handy translator to translate whatever you need into "lolspeak".
speak lolcat

not a cat person? there are loldogs too. i love those. especially when they involve corgis or bassets





so those are the origins of "oh hai." i also enjoy it because it does sound like the state i grew up in (ohio) and the japanese word for good morning (ohayou - pronounced similarly to ohio) and is one of my favorite phrases from japanese class. that's just random little tid bits, but mostly, it's all about those lolcats.
strangely, i'm not a cat person.