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Old 02-12-2005, 01:55 PM
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As title anyone??
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Hello and Goodbye
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said CHOW, ie poncey quifhead speak for hi n bye.
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Originally Posted by Itsmeagain
said CHOW, ie poncey quifhead speak for hi n bye.
FPMSL

Old 02-12-2005, 02:03 PM
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ciao is a name of clothes
but also as above.
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pmsl...ive never heard of it, heard CHOW fpmsl...but not spelt like that!!!
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Originally Posted by RSCossieKim
pmsl...ive never heard of it, heard CHOW fpmsl...but not spelt like that!!!


thats because its Italian for hello and not actor

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chow is a dog
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Originally Posted by Itsmeagain
said CHOW, ie poncey quifhead speak for hi n bye.
Which would make all Italians poncy quifheads then - charming
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Arrivederci means goodbye Not hello

Ciao means Hello
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indeed thats what i said
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Originally Posted by B.A.R
Arrivederci means goodbye Not hello

Ciao means Hello
Wrong

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao
Old 02-12-2005, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by B.A.R
Arrivederci means goodbye Not hello

Ciao means Hello
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
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Well thanks everyone.....hello/goodbye, i get the drift
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Originally Posted by gurnE
Originally Posted by B.A.R
Arrivederci means goodbye Not hello

Ciao means Hello
Wrong

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao
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?
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On return from an event I sometimes put a CIAO note on my screen.

"Check It All Over"
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Originally Posted by rsnissan
Originally Posted by gurnE
Originally Posted by B.A.R
Arrivederci means goodbye Not hello

Ciao means Hello
Wrong

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao
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?
So we should listen to English and french speakers for common Italian sayings?

Non sia così pedantic
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