[CW] Probably Off Topic? Linguistic Help

[John Seney]

cyanide is goodbye in any language  :-)

73,

John Seney, WD1V
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On Jan 20, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Henry Mei'l's wrote:

> Actually, "Hej'" or "Hej, Hej" is the modern way of saying goodbye in Danish whereas "Farvel" is still used but is a bit old fashioned, formal, and sometimes used to mean '"beat it!/get lost!"
>  
>  73s,(Hej, Hej) de Henry OZ1UF, Copen.
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tony
> To: CW Reflector
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [CW] Probably Off Topic? Linguistic Help
> 
> Thanks Rag!
> I was thinking LA was like SM or OH  with HEI or HEJ.  Thanks for new info. 73
> Tony, W4FOA
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: LA5HE Ragnar Otterstad
> To: CW Reflector
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [CW] Probably Off Topic? Linguistic Help
> 
> N orwegian and Danish , you can say  Farvel
>  
> " RAG "  Ragnar Otterstad   LA5HE JW5HE OZ8RO
> 
> 
> Located in Telemark - Home of skiing.
> 
> For more information about Telemark take a look at : 
> 
> http://en.telemarkreiser.no/
> 
>  
> Morning All!
> Years ago I collected about 20 or so different language phrases which were basically the equivalent of "good bye" in English.  I put that list somewhere so I would be able to find it.  Well, guess what?
>  
> I currently have the phrase for SM OH SP DL PA LZ EA PY OK.  It might be of interest to others to expand this list as I've found it solicits a friendly "hi" from the distant station if I can at least say good bye in their language.  I've used Babel for the languages it supports but there are obviously many more....some quite common.
>  
> Any help?
>  
> Thanks and good bye.
> Tony, W4FOA
> 
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