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#169866 09/07/2007 5:48 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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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..)

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Carpal Tunnel
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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.


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