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KINGSVILLE, Texas (Reuter) --
Heaven-o, how are you?
It may take some getting used to, but Kleberg County commissioners have thrown their support behind a local man's campaign to take the "hell" out of hello.
County Judge Pete De La Garza said Wednesday that the commissioners voted unanimously for a resolution urging the use of "heaven-o" instead of hello in greetings.
"Is everybody using it? The answer is of course, no. It is a very new thing and everybody's a little apprehensive," De La Garza told Reuters. "I suppose it's like everything else, once you get adjusted to it, you might start using it."
The idea was spawned by flea market operator Leonoso Canales, who told the San Antonio Express-News, "I see hell in hello. It's disguised by the o, but once you see it, it will slap you in the face."
Canales, 56, wanted the commissioners to make heaven-o the official greeting of the county, but De La Garza said the resolution only supports its optional use. "We didn't want to get into the separation of church and state issue," he said.
The commissioners gave Canales their support because "he's a local guy," but their vote "has nothing to do with anything pious," De La Garza said.
Canales believes his campaign will gain momentum now that it has the weight of officialdom behind it. He now plans to go to Texas Gov. George W. Bush to propose heaven-o as the state's official greeting.
"I feel we have made history here in Kleberg County and set a new precedent," he said.
The judge said he was not yet accustomed to the new greeting, but that he was trying, awkwardly, to use it. "Heaven-o, sir. Adios," he said at the end of the interview.
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