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dekamimi | 02:30 Tue 16th Nov 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the origin of 'long time no see'

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It is supposed to be a mock traditional greeting for someone you haven't seen in a while and is a form of Pidgin English, based on the Chinese phrase "hao jiu mei jian".

Well that's what Brewer's Phrase and Fable says...

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00:57 Sun 05th Jun 2005

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