Wow, get your panties in a bunch much? That was just another opinion, too. Don't take it so personally. It wasn't. Just thought the Oxford Dictionary might carry a bit more weight, including with you. Perhaps not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Time_No_See
This has a variety of sources, including yours.
Christians forget - I do too sometimes - that Internet discourse is still Christian conversation. The trivial point on origins is much less important than this. Older Christians, especially, should be examples of civility, don't you think?
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For the sake of completeness on this topic, not directed necessarily to TND, the phrase, the IMO originating with the Chinese, may - just possibly - have been carried over the Bering Strait when the Amerindians migrated over. When I was learning Chinese I was struck by how many similarities theirs (culture and, especially, language) has to that of the Navajo.
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