Re: BBS Software for //c

["Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com>]

When I was in France, one of the natives told me it meant "There you are!" 
or "There it is!"

"David Wilson" <mcs6502@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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On Mar 28, 5:52 am, "Jeff Blakeney"
<jeff.blake...@a2central.com.remove-m48-this> wrote:
> If it means 'veiled', why on earth do we use it to basically mean
> 'unveiled'?  Google translates 'voila' from French to English as
> 'veiled' butwww.thefreedictionary.comgives the following definition:
> "Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or
> accomplished."
>
> If it meant 'veiled' it wouldn't be used to call attention to something
> that is shown.  :-)

I went to www.dictionary.com and found this (and more):

voila
1739, from Fr., imperative of voir "to see" + la "there."

Online Etymology Dictionary, � 2001 Douglas Harper