George Rabel Mar 13, 2015:

@John Muchas gracias por el enlace.

George Rabel Mar 13, 2015:

@Phoenix III Hola, colega. Yo dije "Qué más" y no "qué pasa" en referencia a Colombia, que es un país muy grande con muchos modismos regionales. También he escuchado el "quiubo", que me parece un tanto más entendible para cualquier hispanoparlante de otro país que el "qué más" de los paisas. En cuanto a la traducción, confieso que no entiendo la distinción que haces entre "traducir literalmente" y "decir literalmente". Al igual que no traducirías el "qué más" como "what more?", ni el "quiubo" como "what happened?," pienso que no debías traducir el "dímelo" como "tell me", si en efecto se trata sencillamente de un saludo. ¡Saludos!

JohnMcDove Mar 13, 2015:

@ Phoenix, I thought I had included the link below http://www.thatsdominican.com/dominican-lingo

But somehow I missed it...
Anyhow. Seems like an acceptable reference. Greetings! :-)

Phoenix III Mar 13, 2015:

@ George First of all, it can be translated literally as I did, but not said literally. I was born in Colombia and we greet each other not with a "Qué pasa", but with a "Quiubo" a short for Qué hubo" which often baffles foreigners. This doesn't mean "what happened" and you. We cannot don't answer with a "what do you mean what happened!" It means hi how are you doing. We cannot change nor should we the way people communicate and try to make it universally uniform. I also feel that it's best to avoid seeing more than what is at hand because we risk missing the point by getting tangled in the discussion.

JohnMcDove Mar 13, 2015:

@ George, seems to me that you are totally right on this matter.

George Rabel Mar 12, 2015:

What up, bro I'm not Dominican, so I would refrain from posting a suggestion. There's no doubt about the "manito" part, but I suspect the "dímelo" part should not be taken literally.
In my native Cuba, "dímelo" is a standard greeting among male friends, and it has nothing to do with telling anything. It's pretty much the same as the American "what's up," or the Colombian "¿Qué más?." My two cents.