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"Ciao" - acceptable or what?
Conversational Italian now...
The older language tapes suggest that "Ciao" is only for use between friends of if you're talking to children. The more modern BBC late night programmes sprinkle the greeting around quite liberally as if its got the same status as "Hi" in English. Lots of perfect strangers say "Hi" to each other in the English speaking world, but would an Italian I don't know be affronted if I said "Ciao" to them on first meeting? |
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