As title anyone??

 

Hello and Goodbye

 

said CHOW, ie poncey quifhead speak for hi n bye.

 

FPMSL

 

ciao is a name of clothes
but also as above.

 

pmsl...ive never heard of it, heard CHOW fpmsl...but not spelt like that!!!

 

thats because its Italian for hello and not actor

 

chow is a dog

 

Which would make all Italians poncy quifheads then - charming

 

Arrivederci means goodbye Not hello

Ciao means Hello

 

indeed thats what i said

 

Wrong

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao

 

True,but if using Italian slang,then yes,you could use it for both,coincidently i was taught this by an Italian in Rome in the 1st week in Sept. this year

 

Well thanks everyone.....hello/goodbye, i get the drift

 

thats in contemporary Italian usage, NOT the Italian language it self...........

Infact in your link it quite clearly states that "it is also used as good-bye only by English or French speakers"



Ho bisogno di aiuto. Dove è il bagno, per favore?

 

On return from an event I sometimes put a CIAO note on my screen.

"Check It All Over"

 

So we should listen to English and french speakers for common Italian sayings?

Non sia così pedantic