Re: OT: The greetings problem (Re: Never violate a universal unless it seems like a good idea at the time)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 6, 2003, 0:28 |
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On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 05:15:17PM -0700, Costentin Cornomorus wrote:
> --- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
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> > The more important point was that it's only
> > used for "hello", never for "good-bye". :)
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> Except in online forums, where it is particularly
> common for ESL users of the medium.
I was referring to native use. :)
> Unusual, perhaps, but certainly better than inanities like
> "BB4NOW~:)" and similar!
TTFN! L8r! Hasta la bye-bye! Laterness! Spoon!
-Mark