[G4] Re: English

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You guys are jamming my mailbox, so I may as well join.

"bis" = until

spa (umlaut) t = late  (sorry, don't know the code) + er (slang?)

And it ain't English.

Nate

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From: Earle Jones <earle.jones at comcast.net> 

> 
> 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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