haydude_40  +  811804 Wed, 08 Jul 09 07:49 PM many times i've heard this sentence "long time, no see " but still i am doubtful whether it is correct or not. haydude_40 Joined on Tue, Jun 9 2009 lucknow.india New Member 29 Sentences

	Yoong Liat  +  811816 Wed, 08 Jul 09 08:43 PM I don't think it is standard English.  Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,746 Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

	Philip  +  811818 Wed, 08 Jul 09 08:46 PM It can't be parsed in a traditional sense, but it is certainly common enough to be considered "standard", at least in the US. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,603 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	AlpheccaStars  +  811888 Wed, 08 Jul 09 09:48 PM After a bit of Googling, it seems like the origin is one of two Pidgin English dialects: Chinese/English and Native American/English. It sounds credible to me. Many Chinese workers immigrated to the US in the mid 1800's to work on the first transcontinental railroad. Pidins developed as a result, and some of the common expressions became set phrases. At the same time, Native Americans developed a pidgin, too. Some of the pidgin language was (fallaciously?) mimicked in the Lone Ranger and Tarzan TV series and early talkies - Western, Tarzan, Charlie Chan and other films, and so entered the mainstream. AlpheccaStars Joined on Sun, Oct 12 2008 Senior Member 3,508 The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) Dialects, Countries, United States, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Asia, China, American, Languages, Expressions