Re: Korean politeness levels ( wasRe: Tonal Languages taken to extremes)

--- Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:
> For me, "sayonara" is really a "good-BYE". You say
> this to neighbors if
> you're moving out of a neighborhood, to classmates
> when you change
> schools,
> to anyone if you're going overseas for a while, etc.
Or, you could always just say "saraba"!  In Japanese,
this is like "good-bye (forever)" -- although I know
that old men (oyaji) tend to use it amongst
themselves.

Matt33


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