Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
> | Salut, Akim :-)
> 
> Moin moin!
> 
> (Well, I don't know what this means, but it sounds very friendly :)
> There's a guy on some mailing list who starts each of his messages
> with `moin moin').
> 
It's a common greeting phrase used in North German dialects, literally
"Morning, Morning", meaning "Good Morning, Good Morning", pronounced
similar to the English word "coin".

[They use it the whole day, even at night, in a similar way to Americans
using "Hi" :)]

Ralf

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