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tiagojpg t1_iqvaryt wrote

It is Indian, a suitable title would’ve been Namaste! maybe. But ok, enough with the puns: thank you for your work little guy!

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ALifeLongLearner t1_iqzql43 wrote

Namaste is for hellos, not goodbyes.

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tiagojpg t1_ir02qjx wrote

Hmm, I read up something that differs. Namaste doesn’t literally translate to Hello, means something different. Source.

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ALifeLongLearner t1_ir07atz wrote

Yes, that's what it means. But we always Namaste in place of hello/hey/hi. We use other phrases for goodbye like, see you soon, have a nice day, etc, not Namaste. We can use Namste after saying goodbye as a closing greeting. But it can't be used in place of goodbye.

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tiagojpg t1_ir1l9fh wrote

Oh that makes sense, thank you for clearing that up!

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c4nchyscksforlife t1_ir0yhef wrote

Indian /=/ namaste

It won't be representative of all indians but only to 35% of the population.

Besides, namaste is for hellos

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tiagojpg t1_ir1lffu wrote

Already cleared up on that thank you! Haha

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