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--- Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> A few months ago it seems a hornet's nest was
> disturbed, by the farewell salutations used here!
> Yesterday whilst watching Master Mind, a common
> farewell used in French and Spanish amongst
> other 'Latin' languages, Adieu = To God....
>
> So it seems it is not just Konkani that invokes God,
> so eat your hearts out fellas!
>
Mario adds:
>
In addition, those familiar with Hindi speaking
central India would be familiar with a popular
greeting in Hindi, "Ram, Ram!"
>
Are there some other God-related greetings in other
languages that we can document to confound our atheist
brethren? :-))
>
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