For some months now I have been producing an audio word a day. While it's popularity is growing, I find that many people aren't equipped to get each episode by podcast or RSS.
That's why I have begun an email notification list.
People who don't know or care what podcasting or RSS are, can download and listen to each 2 or 3 minute episode.
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I never thought of it, but it's no surprise if it's true. A very common greeting in Germany-Austria-Hungary is Servus/Szervusz, and it's of course 'slave' (or maybe 'servant'). A Swedish corresponding salutation is Tjänare, 'servant', nowadays abbreviated into incomprehensibility: Tja.Today's word is "ciao", brought to English by Ernest Hemmingway from Italian where it originally meant "slave."
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I know that servus is the Latin word for servant, but could it be a bastardized form of the verb servare, to save or guard? Perhaps in that instance it once meant something like 'May God keep you'.
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That works better. Sorry- it was a crackpot spur-of-the-moment theory here.
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...and, unfortunately, not related to English "ta ta". It would have made a great story, but apparently English has been using "ta" for quite some time!A Swedish corresponding salutation is Tjänare, 'servant', nowadays abbreviated into incomprehensibility: Tja.
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1772, "natural infantile sound of gratitude" [Weekley].
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The modern word for "slave" in Italian is schiavo, pronounced skee-ah-voh as near as I can make out.. . .
Today's word is "ciao", brought to English by Ernest Hemmingway from Italian where it originally meant "slave." For more information please visit www.podictionary.com
Where are the native Italian speakers when you need them?
Regards//Larry
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