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Originally Posted by RonBee I once read that there are three English words that are almost universally known. Two of them are (according to that source) hello and OK. (Perhaps somebody else can come up with the third. |
I found when I visited the south of Spain, a few years ago that some of the popluation didn't know what OK meant. I only spent a few weeks there so I can't speak for the whole population.
I've heard "bye" used in several non-speaking countries. And also the word "Ciao", or "Chau" in Spanish is also popular in a number of countries I've visited.
Iain.