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From: Pkmayer@Indirect.com  (Karen Mayer)
Subject: Re: I need goodbye in 16 languages
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Goodbye in Russian would be "da svidanya," or "poka" (where the o is a schwa
like in "but" and the stress is on the a), which loosely means "see ya later"

Goodbye in Chinese (Mandarin) is "dzai dien."


Karen Mayer
"When you work you are a flute through whose heart
the whispering of the hours turns to music"
-- Kahlil Gibran

