[G4] Re: English

[Earle Jones]

On Jun 19, 2007, at 9:40 AM, keith_w wrote:



>
>> And I will indeed blame the french-speaking Normans, because it  
>> fits my
>> theory. English underwent some heavy transformations to become  
>> what it
>> is today, and at least most of it is French in nature. French and  
>> Latin,
>> with some sprinklings of Greek. And our "bad," four-letter words are
>> Germanic in origin. I believe they came from the hated Saxons and  
>> were
>> suppressed in high society, just as all Germanic language came to be.
>> Sonst hab' ich nichts zu sagen :) Bis später!
>> Eric
>
> Last, "Bis später" doesn't translate well in my rudimentary  
> knowledge of the language. Literally, I get "to later" out of it.  
> Makes little sense to me.
> Probably an idiom.

Definitely an idiom.  According to ODGE (Online Dictionary German- 
English)

   bis später = 'see you later'

earle
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