Re: OT: German reputation

Hi!

Sally Caves <scaves@...> writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Haden" <magwich78@...>
>
>
> > What does "tschüß" mean?
> >
> > - Rob
>
> Maybe I'm spelling it wrong, but it seems to have replaced "ciao" in German
> leave-taking expressions.
Replaced?  Is it originally derived from 'ciao'?  'Ciao' or 'tschau'
is definitely used by a lot of people, but probably not consistently
and absolutely not by all.

Indeed, I'd say that *most* people say 'tschüß' or 'tschö' (which I
don't like).  I had the feeling that 'tschö' is a recent invention.

Those in an overly good mood might also add 'i' at the end 'tschüssi'
or 'tschaui' or reduplicate to 'tschautschau' or 'tschötschö'.  Again,
I'm more a user of plain 'tschüß'. :-)

Very frequently, 'bis dann' is used, too.  Even by myself. :-)

All of these are informal, of course.

**Henrik

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