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L O W L A N D S - L - 27 January 2009 - Volume 02<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Steve Savage</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:steve.savage@eku.edu">steve.savage@eku.edu</a>></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Idiomatica" 2009.01.26 (10) [E/Finnish]</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Hi Ron,</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"What's going on?"</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">sounds a lot like the old George Carlin greeting
"What's happening? ¿qué pasa?" which Carlin implied came
directly from the Spanish.</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Steve Savage</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">From: <span class="ep8xu"><span style="color: rgb(200, 137, 0);">Robert Haslach</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:roberthaslach@verizon.net">roberthaslach@verizon.net</a>></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Idiomatica" 2009.01.26 (06) [E]</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Other
conversation starters here in the (mid-Atlantic region of the) USA:<br>
Wassup bro' / wassup dog ? (prounounced "dawg" - and meant to convey
familiar respect for the addressee)<br>
How ya doin'<br>
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Neither of these expects more than a complex physical gesture or non-verbal
grunted response<br>
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Regards,<br>
Robert Haslach<br>
Translator<br>
member National Capital Area Chapter of<br>
the American Translators Association<br>
<a href="http://proz.com/pro/128022" target="_blank">http://proz.com/pro/128022</a><br>
<a href="http://rhaslach.translatorscafe.com/" target="_blank">http://rhaslach.TranslatorsCafe.com</a></span></p>
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