Re: Ethymologie- &-Re: Sally's survey
From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
Date: | Saturday, March 22, 2003, 15:49 |
BlankCzhang wrote:
> --- my favourite Cantonese greeting (other than the ultra-familiar "So
> you have not died yet?" -
Wonderful! That's going to end up in Gwr, if you don't mind-- something
like, "So, still alive, eh?" Perhaps too, "Well, I see you're still
ugly....", and with different tones it might mean "the day brightened when
you arrived", thus, suitable for use with Kash and other outlanders.
I seem to recall reading that somewhere, the greeting is "Have you bathed
yet?" (NOT in the sense, 'you smell'!)