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atticus
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response 58 of 111:
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May 30 19:04 UTC 1997 |
does "salaam" mean "peace"? i thought it was a greeting.
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yenny1
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response 59 of 111:
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May 31 04:10 UTC 1997 |
re #57
Hmm..., let's see
Selamat - safe
Tinggal - leave, in this context it means the one that we part with/left
When someone say Selamat Tinggal- she/he is actually wishing that the
person she/he said that to, will be in safe condition until they meet
again. It's close to saying something like ' peace be with you '
So, you' correct in saying that.
Does this help ?
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davel
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response 60 of 111:
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May 31 11:20 UTC 1997 |
Re 58: It is, of course, but why do you think "peace" can't be a greeting?
In any case, that's its basic meaning.
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kami
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response 61 of 111:
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May 31 15:38 UTC 1997 |
Yenny- thanks. Cool.
In Irish, when you leave someone, you say "Slan agat"--literally "health at
you" and the person you are leaving says to the one going away, "Slan
leat"--literally" health with you". Similar, I think.
Hello, I gather, is a word constructed specifically for use on the telephone.
Before that, people used more complicated or specific greetings if I recall.
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atticus
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response 62 of 111:
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Jun 1 18:37 UTC 1997 |
'salaamat' -> safety/safe in Hindi/Urdu and hence most probabaly in
Arabic and Persian as well.
In Sanskrit/Hindi, the standard greeting is "Namaste'", which literally
means "(I) bow to you"
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kami
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response 63 of 111:
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Jun 1 21:02 UTC 1997 |
That's lovely.
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atticus
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response 64 of 111:
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Jun 2 00:33 UTC 1997 |
Let me get carried away :-)
"khemon acchen?" -- "How are you?" in Bengali
"kemiti accho?" -- The same in Oriya.
Bengali & Oriya are Indian languages. The former is spoken in the
state of West Bengal and the latter, in Orissa.
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yenny1
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response 65 of 111:
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Jun 2 04:18 UTC 1997 |
http://www.travlang.com/languages/
This site provides a way for you to learn new words in other languages.
Wouldn't it be totally cool to be able to say a greeting in say 10 or
15 languages <g>.
re #62 : WOW!. Now, doesn't that make a person feel very important or
what? .
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albaugh
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response 66 of 111:
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Jun 2 18:03 UTC 1997 |
Just FWIW, in Tagalog (Filipino) "salamat" (suh-LAA-mot) means "thank you!"
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srw
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response 67 of 111:
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Jun 14 06:40 UTC 1997 |
Back in 58 atticus asked about salaam. It is "peace", and used as either
"hello" or "goodbye" in Arabic. Arabic is a semitic language very closely
related to Hebrew. In Hebrew the word is "shalom" and all the same meanings
apply. While I know that these are related, I cannot say if they are also
related to "selamat". It's possible, I think.
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yenny1
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response 68 of 111:
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Jun 16 01:32 UTC 1997 |
re #67
Yes it is, since some words in Malay are taken from Arabic.
Which reminds me, a word in english 'kitten' is pronounced almost the
same in Arabic and I believe it gives the same meaning. Interesting
isn't it?
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orinoco
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response 69 of 111:
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Nov 17 01:38 UTC 1997 |
Is it a loan word, or just a coincidence?
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yenny1
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response 70 of 111:
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Dec 2 10:14 UTC 1997 |
not sure about that, could be just coincidence.
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albaugh
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response 71 of 111:
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Jan 28 16:27 UTC 1998 |
Gong Xi Fa Cai!
That's Mandarin (Chinese) for "Happy Chinese New Year!" (gong shee fat chy)
Starting today is the year of the Tiger. For some interesting info about
that you can browse my file /a/a/l/albaugh/public/yotiger.txt (I'll also make
it accessible via the web) or visit URL
http://members.tripod.com/~gb7337/page-8.html
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shyam
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response 72 of 111:
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May 8 13:43 UTC 1998 |
heah i am new guy herer... have a nice time see ya...
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keesan
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response 73 of 111:
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May 11 04:36 UTC 1998 |
Hi ghanshyam, are you from India? I am guessing from the gh in your name,
somewhere else we had a discussion of how it is pronounced in India.
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atticus
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response 74 of 111:
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May 13 22:34 UTC 1998 |
re #75: We had the discussion, Sindi. ('ghost' etc if you remember) How
do you pronounce the 'gh' in 'ghoul'? Is it any different from that in
'ghost'?
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kami
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response 75 of 111:
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May 14 06:08 UTC 1998 |
Not as I say it. I've never heard either one pronounced such that the "h"
made any difference.
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orinoco
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response 76 of 111:
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May 17 01:57 UTC 1998 |
Yeah, they're really just pronounced 'gost' and 'gool' as far as I've heard
them.
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keesan
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response 77 of 111:
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May 22 23:18 UTC 1998 |
I wonder if ghanshyam will be back. There seem to be a lot of people from
India who say hello once and we never hear from them again.
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atticus
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response 78 of 111:
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Jun 4 18:34 UTC 1998 |
Actually, the bbs interface is quite confusing for a first timer,
especially if they don't know much about Unix, and more so if they are
connected through a low-speed line which is shared by some 100 people at
the same time. I know the feeling. When I invoked 'bbs' for the first
time on Grex, I was confused too. I used to lose my connection when
there was a lot of data being pumped to my terminal (lots of new
responses). What brought me back to the conferences is this wonderful,
wonderful thing called BackTalk (Thank you, Steve and Jan).
What I have noticed is whenever a first-timer posts something, a lot of
people respond with "It gets easier" responses. But I suspect in 99% of
the time, the person never comes back to read these responses.
What we can do is write a brief, but easy-to-follow instructions for a
first-time user (one-who-has-already-been-into-the-conference-once-,-got
scared-and-not-planning-to-return type) to explain how to come back a
second time and view the responses to his/her posting. We will keep
them in a file and *mail* it to the person who made a first time
posting (Mail is understood by everyone, as opposed to bbs). We can do
it on an experimental basis and then see how many people make a second
time appearance.
One pertinent question whether we really want to do this. I volunteer to
make a small document about BackTalk as I understand it.
"Ghanshyam" means "deep black", literally. And most probably our
Ghanshyam is a guy with fair or wheatish complexion :-)
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keesan
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response 79 of 111:
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Jun 6 01:16 UTC 1998 |
Sreeni, how many people actually read their e-mail after posting one time on
grex? I sent what I hoped was helpful e-mail to about ten, with no responses.
Perhaps they will be more likely to respond to someone from the same country?
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rcurl
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response 80 of 111:
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Jun 6 02:05 UTC 1998 |
One might ask why many users post just once in the conferences, and then
are never heard from again. Of course, I would think they would be more
likely to read their e-mail than to reread a conference (likely not even
knowing what they did, where). On the other hand, maybe they don't know
how to read e-mail, though it seems strange your run of unresponsiveness.
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memder
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response 81 of 111:
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Jul 25 11:46 UTC 1998 |
Hi somebody are here???
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keesan
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response 82 of 111:
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Jul 25 21:47 UTC 1998 |
I am here, but only one person can be 'here' at a time, you can ask a question
and have it answered by the next person who comes along. Are you Spanish
speaking? I think there is a Spanish language item in this conference.
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