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English translation: Thank you and good bye/best regards

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Italian term or phrase:	grassie e mandi
English translation:	Thank you and good bye/best regards
Entered by:	GillW

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12:45 Jun 14, 2011

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Italian term or phrase: grassie e mandi

appears at the end of a personal letter of recommendation, followed by the signatures of the writers. No other context I am afraid.

GillW KudoZ activity Questions: 136 (none open) (8 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 285
Local time: 11:06

Thank you and good bye/best regards

Explanation:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandi
La parola mandi è la formula di saluto in lingua friulana. È utilizzata come formula di benvenuto/bentrovato, ma soprattutto come formula di commiato.

if your letter has been written by somwone in Friuli Venezia Giulia, this would be the meaning

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Note added at 7 mins (2011-06-14 12:52:54 GMT)
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typo: someone

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Daniela Zambrini
Italy
Local time: 12:06

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thanks for all the help
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4 +7

Thank you and good bye/best regards

Daniela Zambrini

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peer agreement (net): +7

Thank you and good bye/best regards

Daniela Zambrini
Italy
Local time: 12:06
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PRO pts in category: 12

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thanks for all the help

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agree

Chiara_R

6 mins

agree

David Rayner: I searched and found the following wikipedia page in the Fruliana dialect http://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichipedie:Ostarie and if you search in the page you will find grassie e mandi.

6 mins

-> Thanks for the interesting link! :-)

agree

manducci: definitely - never seen grazie spelt like this but I live in Friuli and mandi is a Friulian expression- the equivalent of ciao

28 mins

agree

Barbara Carrara: Yes, although I find it strange that these have been used in a letter of recommendation.

50 mins

-> mee too...sounds a bit too informal, doesn't? Mandi mandiiiii :-)

agree

Gian

1 hr

agree

missdutch: viene da "manus Dei", se ricordo bene, ovvero "la mano di Dio sia su di te".

2 hrs

agree

SYLVY75

5 hrs

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