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Welcome started as a greeting upon the hearer's arrival (cf. the more archaic well met). (I've often wondered if thank you is in the imperative or the first person singular with optional subject deletion. I'd like to think the latter.) How this term went from being a salutation only to an expression of reciprocal thankfulness is just one of those mysteries with which language is filled.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Why do we say... Jackie 08/27/07 01:51 PM Re: Why do we say... wsieber 08/29/07 11:17 AM Re: Why do we say... zmjezhd 08/29/07 02:17 PM
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