Who dat wallah? (was Re: System Reply gone Bizzark ??? !!!) -- MIDRANGE-L

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PaulMmn <PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>>WALLAH (or however you spell that) !!!!
>
>I'ts French:  "VOILA"   meaning, ''Look at that over there!'' (spoken
>dramatically).

I thought he meant the Hindi/Urdu word meaning roughly "the man who", as in
"AS/400 wallah". I have to admit, though, that "voila" makes more sense in
the original context.

Dave Kahn, ABB Steward Ltd.

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