[02:48] <Firebird8> lo
[10:07] <klepas> quite empty
[01:52] <lapo> hi
[03:12] <klepas> moin
[03:12] <lapo> ciao klepas
[03:13] <klepas> you're off?
[03:14] <lapo> uhm?
[03:14] <klepas> 'ciao'
[03:14] <klepas> commonly used here to say bye
[03:14] <klepas> :)
[03:15] <lapo> nay, ciao is a for of greeting, it works as hi, and bye :-)
[03:16] <lapo> well in italy at least :-)
[03:16] <klepas> is that universal, or regional?
[03:16] <lapo> it is italian
[03:16] <klepas> as here it is essentially exclussive for bye
[03:17] <lapo> it is a general greatings, colloquial
[03:18] <lapo> it derive from venice ancient dialect, it means something like "I'm your slave" actually , you can read it like "hi" and "bye" 
[03:19] <lapo> If I teach italian to the whole world I could stop wrecking english :-)
[03:19] <klepas> ;)
[03:20] <klepas> seems confusing
[03:20] <lapo> italian is confusing :-)
[03:20] <klepas> to have such a term being colloquial
[03:20] <klepas> another language that is quite confusing is Chinese
[03:21] <lapo> it became coloquial, nobody knows the actuall meaning