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24-02-07, 05:16 AM
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| | | ^ just.. lol.
It's ciao. And it's Italian, though with these things the origin is often twisty. Used a lot in other European countries though, I certainly use it a lot with my family.
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24-02-07, 06:19 AM
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| | | Chao's the same thing. And it's in the dictionary. Ciao can mean more than just goodbye, chao can't. | |
24-02-07, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Gribble  Chao's the same thing. And it's in the dictionary. Ciao can mean more than just goodbye, chao can't. Yeah, Ciao can be used to say hello and goodbye. Crazy Americans. | |
24-02-07, 07:34 PM
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| | | strange. hm, so there are valid yet different spellings/meanings.
....I seem to have completely lost interest.
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25-02-07, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Eurasian Yeah, Ciao can be used to say hello and goodbye. Crazy Americans. I never heard anyone dothing that. | |
25-02-07, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by The Great OV!!! I never heard anyone dothing that. I get a lot of ciao. The first person I heard it from was a friend of mine from Brazil- apparently it's widely used in Portugese too. Most of the people who ciao me are men, for some reason.
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11-03-07, 04:39 PM
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| | | lol, its ciao (spanish? or something?) nyways were kinda off the topic with that, and hello, IM NEW TO!!!!! | |
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