LL-L "Idiomatica" 2003.08.01 (03) [E]

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From: Jim Krause <sodshanty at hotmail.com>
Subject: Idiomatica

> > By the way, in Brabant, people say 'houdoe' instead, which is short for
> > 'houd oe goed' ('keep it good'). In Nijmegen (a city in Gelderland, but
> > very close to Brabant) they pronounce it 'hou-je'.

Interesting.  This may be a bit of a stretch, but is this where the American
idiom "Howdy-do" or just "Howdy" came from?  It seems to be a contraction of
"how do you do".
Jim Krause

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