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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on April 16, 2012 at 12:32pm

RE: "Does anyone have any decent non-theist exclamations?"

Quite a number, but they all involve bodily functions --

(BTW, you left out, "Goodbye" - god be with ye)

pax vobiscum,
archaeopteryx
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Permalink Reply by AbuMaia on April 17, 2012 at 10:59pm

If a Lullaby comes from "Lilith-Abi" (Hebrew for "Lilith, begone"), why can't Goodbye be "God begone"? :)

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Permalink Reply by diggerbanks on April 22, 2012 at 6:26am

@archeopteryx. Really? right that's goodbye scratched out of my vocab (might be tricky). So what is hello then? Nothing to do with hell surely?

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Permalink Reply by Ceci on April 22, 2012 at 8:07am

Ahah no the etymology of "hello" is the same of the ancient term "hail" :D

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Permalink Reply by diggerbanks on April 22, 2012 at 8:15am

Hail Ceci!!

Thank [fill-this-space] for that! Hello is a great word.

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Permalink Reply by Ceci on November 7, 2012 at 10:20am

:D

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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on November 7, 2012 at 11:10am

No, it's English, and comes from a call that travels well in terms of distance, and somewhat imitates the sound of blowing on a ram's horn, "Halloooooo!"

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Permalink Reply by Rob Klaers on April 22, 2012 at 7:20am

I never say goodbye.. I always say "See ya" ...

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Permalink Reply by Ceci on April 22, 2012 at 8:03am

In italian (and generally in neolatin languages) "goodbye" correspinds to "addio/adieu/adios", where the A is the remaining part of a whole sentence that originally was "i recommend you - to god". A(d)dio's meaning infact is literally "to god" ;)

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Permalink Reply by diggerbanks on April 22, 2012 at 8:12am

French also has the more commonly-used au revoir, which is secular. Are there equivalents in Italian and Spanish?

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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on April 22, 2012 at 9:04am

"Vaya bien," in Spanish, means, "Go well" - "nos vemos" means, "we'll see each other," or, "see ya."

I can't write it or even pronounce if, but I once had a friend from Hong Kong who told me the Chinese "goodbye" is a very poignant one - translated, it means, "walk away slowly" --

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Permalink Reply by diggerbanks on April 22, 2012 at 9:14am

That is very poignant indeed. Language is so wonderful.

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