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| From | RHDraney <dadoctah@cox.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: "Trendy" Greeting |
| Date | 2018-12-16 23:23 -0700 |
| Organization | NewsGuy.com |
| Message-ID | <pv7fcg02n75@news4.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
| References | <pus37m$21p$1@dont-email.me> <pus8gv$fvc$2@news.albasani.net> <g7kpubF4bloU1@mid.individual.net> <pv745f$5n1$2@news.albasani.net> |
On 12/16/2018 8:11 PM, Jerry Friedman wrote: > On 12/15/18 9:54 AM, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote: >> 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. > ... > > I'd spell it "ciao" unless I was pretending to be South American. The only person I've ever known who used it unironically was Brazilian...I think she told me they spelled it "tchau"....r
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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> - 2018-12-17 19:29 -0700
Re: "Trendy" Greeting Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-12-18 05:41 +0000
Re: "Trendy" Greeting Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2018-12-18 08:24 +0100
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
Re: "Trendy" Greeting Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-12-18 05:52 +0000
Re: "Trendy" Greeting Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2018-12-18 23:51 +1100
Re: "Trendy" Greeting Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-12-18 18:56 +0000
Re: "Trendy" Greeting Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2018-12-19 00:04 +1100
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