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Subject:Re: acronyms/initialisms From:Aileen Asistio <aiai -at- POLGAS -dot- TOPMAX -dot- COM -dot- PH> Date:Tue, 11 Nov 1997 10:22:16 +0800
i thought NIHAO means hello.
"how are you?" is another thing...it's ni hao ma?
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Aileen N. Asistio
Technical Writer
Topmax Philippines, Inc.
aiai -at- topmax -dot- com -dot- ph
On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor) wrote:
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> From: Melissa Hunter-Kilmer
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> Scott Miller <smiller -at- CORP -dot- PORTAL -dot- COM> wrote:
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> > My question: What is NIHAO?
>
> Oh, that's simple. It's Mandarin for "hi, how are you?"
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> Well, you learn something new everyday. I thought it was an island in
> the Marquesas.
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>
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> Regards,
>
> John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
> Timberlands Information Services
> Application Delivery Group
> Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2
> Tacoma, WA 98477-0001 USA
> 253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
> (I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)
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