G_d Be With Ye

Birdie loves word etymology and she sent me something real neat.

"To show you a sample of how our basic language is rooted in Christianity, even the word "Goodbye" is a shortened form of "God Be With Ye," which was apparently slang of students at Harvard in the 1700's. It was so outrageous at the time that it got the attention of Congress, where speeches were made to try to force a vote to put a stop to it!"