Re: [Cz-L] RE: czernowitz-l digest: September 11, 2010

Mimi,
As a kid, when I meet a woman the greeting was always "Küss die Hand".
Later when I lived in Lugoj, Romania, with a large Hungarian minority, the greeting was: "Sărut Mână" or in Hungarian "Kézi Csókolom"

Arthur

--- On Sun, 9/12/10, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:

> From: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] RE: czernowitz-l digest: September 11, 2010
> To: "veni vici" <venivici_at_inbox.com>, "Czernowitz Genealogy and History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
> Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 3:09 PM
> "Küss die Hand" is too servile, it
> was rarely used among acquaintances.
> "Servus", was the usual greeting among friends and "Guten
> Tag",
> "Guten Abend" among strangers.
>
> But the actual kissing of the hand of a woman, has come
> back in Chernivtsi.
> Not often, but still.
>
> Mimi
>
>
>
>
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