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'''Great Currents''' is a generalized [[G'Fondo'Nah]] greeting, and is used in many different ways to express the current emotion of the individual, the formality of the greeting, and more.  If you were to say "Great Currents lift you up," to a Fondo, this would be the same thing as "may the wind fill your wings, and lift you high in the air."  In other words, "Greetings, and may great blessing fall upon you."  Another, much simpler way to translate this might be to say, "greetings, and great blessings to you."  This phrase can also be used negatively, such as "May Great Currents drown your wings."  In other words, "may you suffer great misfortune and be unable to fly."  IE, may you suffer great tragedy and be grounded.
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'''Great Currents''' is a generalized [[G'Fondo'Nah]] greeting, and is used in many different ways to express the current emotion of the individual, set the formality of the greeting, and more.  If you were to say "Great Currents lift you up," to a Fondo, this would be the same thing as saying, "Greetings, and great blessing upon you."  This phrase can also be used negatively, such as "May Great Currents drown your wings."  In other words, "May you suffer great misfortune and tragedy."  In short, it would be their ultra polite way of cussing you out. :)
  
So, the term "Great Currents" tends to be general, and refers, not just to air and air currents, which birds greatly prize, but can also be made to imply a number of other things, both good, bad, and sometimes neutral.  The ultimate meaning of that phrase, though, depends heavily on the speaker, as well as their tone, and the context of the other words and phrases enjoined with it.  So, in summary, the human equivalent of this phrase might be "Good Morning," or simply "Hello", with other words and sentences being used to qualify the initial greeting.
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So basically the term "Great Currents" is a general greeting, and can refer not only to air and air currents, which birds greatly prize, but can also be used to imply, or express, a great number of other things, both good, bad, and sometimes neutral.  The ultimate meaning of that phrase, however, depends heavily on the speaker, as well as their tone, and the context or meaning of the other words and phrases enjoined with it.  So, in summary, the human equivalent of this phrase would be something akin to "Greetings," or simply "Hello", with other words and sentences being used to qualify or expand upon the initial greeting.
  
 
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Revision as of 11:48, 30 April 2023

Great Currents is a generalized G'Fondo'Nah greeting, and is used in many different ways to express the current emotion of the individual, set the formality of the greeting, and more. If you were to say "Great Currents lift you up," to a Fondo, this would be the same thing as saying, "Greetings, and great blessing upon you." This phrase can also be used negatively, such as "May Great Currents drown your wings." In other words, "May you suffer great misfortune and tragedy." In short, it would be their ultra polite way of cussing you out. :)

So basically the term "Great Currents" is a general greeting, and can refer not only to air and air currents, which birds greatly prize, but can also be used to imply, or express, a great number of other things, both good, bad, and sometimes neutral. The ultimate meaning of that phrase, however, depends heavily on the speaker, as well as their tone, and the context or meaning of the other words and phrases enjoined with it. So, in summary, the human equivalent of this phrase would be something akin to "Greetings," or simply "Hello", with other words and sentences being used to qualify or expand upon the initial greeting.