Bo Jo(u)

[< F bon jour good day]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a salutation heard in northern Canada among Indians, traders, and trappers, long a traditional greeting.

Quotations

1837

The form of salutation in common use between the Indians and whites is the bo-jou borrowed from the early French settlers. . . .

1903

"Bo' jou', bo' jou'," we called in the usual double-barrelled North Country salutation.

1941

"Bo Jo, Bo Jo." An Indian greeting.