Will Porter writes:
Ok, so I was thinking about something, and as much as I love English (I think it's a fantastic language, and I speak it exclusively), I think that some other languages have some much nicer ways to say things than we do. Dig: the French 'adieu' and the Spanish 'adios', when whacked in two with some sort of metaphor, become 'a dieu' and 'a dios'--literally, 'to God'. Meanwhile the English 'goodbye' means 'goodbye'. >>
Actually, "goodbye" is a shortened form of "God be with you" - left over from centuries past. That makes it a little more charming, no? Argh, I'm in the middle of high stress at my corporate job slaving for The Man and applying to grad schools - not to mention my birthday was Monday and my dad decided to pick a fight with me!!! I've had to listen to loads of calming, soothing Belle and Sebastian (much to the dismay of my cubicle-mate, who thinks they are crap). There were English men in the office yesterday from one of the UK divisions of the company I work for... which makes me a) want to transfer to their company and b) miss living in the British Isles. Somehow Arkansas doesn't compare! Anyway kids I am going to be late for work so goodbye for now... er, should I say "God be with you?" Mandy +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@missprint.org". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@missprint.org". WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+