by George vs hey

by George

adv
  • By God!: expressing wonderment, zeal. 

hey

noun
  • A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately. 

intj
  • Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said. 

  • A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics. 

  • An expression of surprise. 

  • An exclamation to get attention. 

  • A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion. 

  • A protest or reprimand. 

  • An informal greeting, similar to hi. 

How often have the words by George and hey occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )