Good Bye

So any time people say goodbye here, the either say "ciao" or "cheers". I thought it was pretty weird that they said "cheers" but I faithfully said it any time that someone said it to me.

You guessed it. The word is not cheer, but "tchuß" and apparently pronounced completely different than "cheers".

And yes, that was a pretty embarrassing discovery.

But it has brought laughter into several lives, so that makes it worth it.