Re: "Trendy" Greeting

From	Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr>
Newsgroups	alt.usage.english
Subject	Re: "Trendy" Greeting
Date	2018-12-15 17:54 +0100
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On 2018-12-13 00:18:39 +0000, Jerry Friedman said:

> On 12/12/18 3:48 PM, Tak To wrote:
>> Recently I came across a (US style) crossword puzzle entry where
>> the clue was "Trendy Greeting" and the answer "ciao".
>> 
>> I guessed the answer easily but that got me thinking.  Is "ciao"
>> actually trendy these days?  Was "ciao" ever trendy?  That is,
>> in English speaking countries.
> 
> It may have been a trendy /farewell/ at some times in some circles.  If 
> it's a trendy greeting now, the trend hasn't gotten to northern New 
> Mexico yet.
> 
> Ciao for niao.

Do you spell it ciao in northern New Mexico? I spell it chau unless I'm 
pretending to be Italian.

Nothing trendy about it, anyway.


-- 
athel

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Re: "Trendy" Greeting Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2018-12-15 17:54 +0100
  Re: "Trendy" Greeting Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2018-12-15 11:47 -0700
    Re: "Trendy" Greeting Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2018-12-15 22:52 +0100
      Re: "Trendy" Greeting Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2018-12-15 16:49 -0700
    Re: "Trendy" Greeting Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-12-17 21:36 +0000
  Re: "Trendy" Greeting Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2018-12-16 20:11 -0700
    Re: "Trendy" Greeting RHDraney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2018-12-16 23:23 -0700
      Re: "Trendy" Greeting Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2018-12-17 10:20 -0700
        Re: "Trendy" Greeting Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2018-12-17 10:23 -0700
          Re: "Trendy" Greeting "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-12-17 20:02 +0000
            Re: "Trendy" Greeting Ross <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2018-12-17 13:35 -0800
            Re: "Trendy" Greeting Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-12-17 21:39 +0000
              Re: "Trendy" Greeting "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-12-17 22:57 +0000

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