Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
I seem to recall that, whenever someone visited another's house and wanted to announce his/her arrival, the custom was to utter the word "He-yo" in a SOFT [almost plaintive] tone of voice.
I've just shown this post to my good lady for affirmation; she has pointed out that the greeting used IS, in fact, "Ma-ayo"!

That's what becomes of my having defective hearing ...

... apologies to Tawi2 for my misinterpretation ... I should've known better!