. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . ROSSURA CHURCH PORCH IN 1879. It was at Rossura that I made the acquaintance ofa word which I have since found very largely usedthroughout North Italy. It is pronounced chow ROSSURA. 47 pure and simple, but is written, if written at all,ciau, or ciao, the a being kept very broad. Ibelieve the word is derived from i( schiavo, a slave,which became corrupted into schiao, and is used with two meanings, both of which, how-ever, are deducible from the word slave. In its firstand more common use it is simply a salute, either
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . ROSSURA CHURCH PORCH IN 1879. It was at Rossura that I made the acquaintance ofa word which I have since found very largely usedthroughout North Italy. It is pronounced chow ROSSURA. 47 pure and simple, but is written, if written at all,ciau, or ciao, the a being kept very broad. Ibelieve the word is derived from i( schiavo, a slave,which became corrupted into schiao, and is used with two meanings, both of which, how-ever, are deducible from the word slave. In its firstand more common use it is simply a salute, either ongreeting or taking leave, and means, I am your veryobedient servant. Thus, if one has been talking to asmall child, its mother will tell it to say chow beforeit goes away, and will then nod her head and saychow herself. The other use is a kind of piousexpletive, intending I must endure it, I am theslave of a higher power. It was in this sense I firstheard it at Rossura. A woman was washing at afountain while I was eating my lunch. She said shehad lost her daugh
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