Re: "So long"

From	Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
Newsgroups	alt.usage.english
Subject	Re: "So long"
Date	2024-07-06 20:24 +1000
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On 06/07/24 17:11, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:
> Hibou wrote:
>
>>> Is French the only language where you can differentiate? "Au
>>> revoir" or "Adieu".
>>
>> I doubt it.
>
> I wasn't clear. Of course languages have many greetings, but French
> has a final goodbye. Danish has not. Is it only French that has this
> final option?
>
> Spanish has "Vaya con dios", but that is not the same. It is a wish
> that gods may help you (as far as I know).

Don't forget adios, which is an exact equivalent to French adieu.

In Irish one invokes the gods at the start of the meeting, not at the
termination. For "hello" one says "Dia duit", which means more or less
the same as Dominus vobiscum.

And the conventional reply is "Dia is Muire duit": God and Mary to you.

-- 
Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

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"So long" Bertel Lund Hansen <gadekryds@lundhansen.dk> - 2024-07-04 22:09 +0200
  Re: "So long" dougstaples@gmx.com (LionelEdwards) - 2024-07-04 20:59 +0000
  Re: "So long" Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2024-07-04 18:23 -0400
  Re: "So long" Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2024-07-04 19:29 -0400
  Re: "So long" Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-07-05 02:06 +0200
    Re: "So long" Chris Elvidge <chris@x550c.mshome.net> - 2024-07-05 13:26 +0100
      Re: "So long" Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2024-07-06 10:40 +0100
    Re: "So long" Bertel Lund Hansen <gadekryds@lundhansen.dk> - 2024-07-05 15:01 +0200
      Re: "So long" Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2024-07-05 15:10 +0100
        Re: "So long" Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2024-07-05 19:05 +0100
          Re: "So long" Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2024-07-05 15:37 -0700
            Re: "So long" Bertel Lund Hansen <gadekryds@lundhansen.dk> - 2024-07-06 07:02 +0200
              Re: "So long" Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2024-07-06 07:03 +0100
                Re: "So long" Bertel Lund Hansen <gadekryds@lundhansen.dk> - 2024-07-06 09:11 +0200
                Re: "So long" Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2024-07-06 08:24 +0100
                Re: "So long" charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2024-07-06 08:45 +0000
                Re: "So long" Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2024-07-06 20:24 +1000
                Re: "So long" Chris Elvidge <chris@x550c.mshome.net> - 2024-07-07 15:33 +0100
                Re: "So long" "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2024-07-07 17:07 +0100
                Re: "So long" Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2024-07-07 17:58 +0100
                Re: "So long" Andy <andy@kitzbuhel.co.uk> - 2024-07-07 18:53 +0100
                Re: "So long" jerry.friedman99@gmail.com (jerryfriedman) - 2024-07-09 12:20 +0000
                Re: "So long" Diedrich Ehlerding <diedrich.ehlerding@t-online.de> - 2024-07-09 19:35 +0200
                Re: "So long" jerry.friedman99@gmail.com (jerryfriedman) - 2024-07-10 16:38 +0000
                Re: "So long" jerry.friedman99@gmail.com (jerryfriedman) - 2024-07-07 19:31 +0000
                Re: "So long" Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2024-07-08 10:02 +1000
                Re: "So long" Brian <fakel@us.com> - 2024-07-09 10:30 +1200
                Re: "So long" Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2024-07-09 22:12 +1000
                Re: "So long" Bertel Lund Hansen <gadekryds@lundhansen.dk> - 2024-07-09 15:42 +0200
                Re: "So long" Paul Carmichael <wibbleypants@gmail.com> - 2024-07-07 14:18 +0000
      Re: "So long" Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2024-07-05 19:02 +0100
      Re: "So long" Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2024-07-06 11:17 +1000
      Re: "So long" Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-07-06 06:38 +0200
  Re: "So long" Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2024-07-05 22:15 -0400
    Re: "So long" Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2024-07-06 12:33 +1000
    Re: "So long" Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> - 2024-07-07 16:26 +0000
      Re: "So long" Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2024-07-08 22:09 +1200
    Re: "So long" jerry.friedman99@gmail.com (jerryfriedman) - 2024-07-08 12:42 +0000
  Re: "So long" Paul Carmichael <wibbleypants@gmail.com> - 2024-07-07 14:21 +0000
    Re: "So long" Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-07-07 20:15 +0200

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