Chris - what part of 'North Germany'? My family hails from Hamburg and
Schleswig-Holstein. But my wife has relatives in the South - not Bavarian,
but "Schwabian" country, which includes Stuttgart. I find that South of
Frankfurt, it is usual when entering a business or even greeting someone to
start with "Gruss Göt", but I don't recall hearing that much North of
Hanover. Regional dialects in Germany are as strong and varied, perhaps
even more so than we have here in the states.
But the more formal "high German" auf wiedersehn is often just shortened to
"jüs" as you get closer to the North Sea, especially among family and
friends.
Werner
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From: "Christopher McCann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:33 PM
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I picked it up from a friend who studied German and my friend's fiance came
back from Stuttgart and said it constantly...so I think it must have spread
all over Germany now. Interesting to know the origin, though. Being from
the north of Germany, I better not say it in Bavaria without first
consulting my friend. They are pretty independent and take words from other
parts of Germany (esp. Prussia) VERY seriously.
Auf Wiedersehen (official)
Chris
Werner Fehlauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris - was that "Tschuss"
supposed to be the platdeutsch word for goodbye?
If so, It is usually pronounced more like "juice", with a hard "J", and
comes from the Northern German colloquial language called "plat", and
probably has its root in the French word "adieu". You hear it all the time
when speaking with the "natives" from Holland over to East of Lubeck.
Just a bit of arcane language info....
Werner
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long drive PLUS I need a name
Tchuss,
Chris
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