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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread giid by , fare well, #169866 09/07/2007 5:48 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park i read today that Tata (cheifly brit for goodbay (informal) is from a burmese word for good bye. one look didn't have much to say.. anyone know anything. (alegedly, the brit's picked it up while in burma..) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: giid by , fare well, of troy #169868 09/07/2007 11:31 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Where'd you read it? This site does list Bislama, Houailou, and Mon (a language of Burma and Thailand) as languages in which tata is used for good-bye. Bislama looks like a pidgin. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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