Merry Christmas Jim. Ditto is a copy of what's said. So repeating it's merry christmas and happy new year 2009.
It's nice to not abreviate sometimes. Grin. Heads up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Grimsby Jr." <[email protected]> To: "'a list for discussing skype and its use with screen access software.'" <skypeenglish at emissives.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Merry Christmas Lookup Term: ditto Contents TheFreeDictionary.com thesaurus.com wikipedia.org ---------- Printer Friendly 1,186,262,726 visitors served. TheFreeDictionary Google ? Word / Article Starts with Ends with Text Dictionary/ thesaurusMedical dictionaryLegal dictionaryFinancial dictionaryAcronyms IdiomsEncyclopediaWikipedia encyclopedia? ditto Also found in: Acronyms, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec. dit??to ? (dt) n. pl. dit??tos 1. The same as stated above or before. 2. A duplicate; a copy. 3. A pair of small marks ( " ) used to indicated that the word, phrase, or figure given above is to be repeated. adv. As before. tr.v. dit??toed, dit??to??ing, dit??tos To duplicate (a document, for example). [Italian dialectal, past participle of Italian dire, to say, from Latin dcere; see deik- in Indo-European roots.] Word History: Ditto, which at first glance seems a handy and insignificant sort of word, actually has a Roman past, for it comes from dictus, "having been said," the past participle of the verb dcere, "to say." In Italian dcere became dire and dictus became detto, or in the Tuscan dialect ditto. Italian detto or ditto meant what said does in English, as in the locution "the said story." Thus the word could be used in certain constructions to mean "the same as what has been said"; for example, having given the date December 22, one could use 26 detto or ditto for 26 December. The first recorded use of ditto in English occurs in such a construction in 1625. The sense "copy" is an English development, first recorded in 1818. Ditto has even become a trademark for a duplicating machine. ditto Noun pl -tos the above; the same: used in lists to avoid repetition, and represented by the mark (,,) placed under the thing repeated Adverb in the same way [Italian (dialect) detto said] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Noun1.ditto - a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated ditto mark mark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark" Verb1.ditto - repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument" ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" Translations ditto [?d?t?u] adv ? ??dem, lo mismo ditto [?d?t?u] adv ? idem ditto [?d?t?u] adv ? dito, ebenfalls ditto [?d?t?u] adv ? idem How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.?Page tools Printer friendly Cite / link Email Feedback Add definition Your Ad Here ? Mentioned in ? References in classic literature ditto mark do. Ingeminate Mark restate retell 27 Porters 3 Coarse Washers and Ironers 44 Mules 1 Fine ditto 44 Muleteers 7 Cows 2 Milkers A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context , and one dozen dessert ditto ditto, there were three young stockbrokers (Messrs. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context The washing and dressing apparatus for the passengers generally, consists of two jack-towels, three small wooden basins, a keg of water and a ladle to serve it out with, six square inches of looking-glass, two ditto ditto of yellow soap, a comb and brush for the head, and nothing for the teeth. American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context More results Dictionary/thesaurus browser?? 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Terms of Use. ---------- Main Entry:ditto Part of Speech:noun Definition:the same; duplicate Synonyms:clone, copy, double, duplication, facsimile, likewise, reproduction, the above, the very words Main Entry:ditto Part of Speech:noun Synonyms:agreement, alike, copy, duplicate, repeat, same Subscribe DictionaryThesaurusReference ---------- Ditto >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Look up ditto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ditto (from Italian detto "(in) the said (month or year)"[1]) may refer to: In English: (noun) something mentioned previously or above; used to avoid repetition; (adverb) as before or aforesaid[2] In printing: Ditto machine, a type of small printing press In media and popular culture: Ditto (convention), an annual science fiction fanzine convention Ditto (1937 film), a 1937 film starring Buster Keaton Ditto (2000 film), a 2000 South Korean film Ditto (Pok??mon), a Pok??mon species Ditto (song), a song by American singer Cassie Ditto, a character in the Ben 10 animated series One of the twins in the comic strip Hi and Lois People: Beth Ditto (born 1981), singer of American band The Gossip J. Kane Ditto, former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi Other: Ditto mark (", ??? or do.; Unicode: U+3003) meaning "repeat the above information here" Ditto drive, an Iomega tape drive Ditto suit, an early precursor of the lounge suit Ditto, a plugin for ModX CMS [edit] See also Dittohead [edit] References ^ "Online Etymology Dictionary: ditto". Archived from the original on 2006-05-25. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. ^ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ditto This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. 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Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers ---------- ---------- End of Document -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:skypeenglish-bounces at emissives.com] On Behalf Of Michele Barbi Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 11:31 AM To: a list for discussing skype and its use with screen accesssoftware. Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Merry Christmas Hey Jim, what language is this "ditto", maybe latin? Grin. Best wishes to all list members, merry Christmas and happy new year. >From the American idiot. --- avast! Antivirus: In partenza messaggio pulito. Virus Database (VPS): 081224-0, 24/12/2008 Controllato il: 24/12/2008 20.30.48 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. 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