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Good day instead of hello? Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:47 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

As a footnote:

"Good day" also seems to be common as an everyday greeting in Nigerian English.

On this page, for instance, which provides translations from Nigerian English into local Nigerian languages, it is listed with other common phrases:

http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/languages.html

I suspect that it's also common elsewhere in Africa; many "419" emails of African provenance begin with the phrase.

All the best,

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Good day instead of hello? Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:49 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

Hi,

I often do use this 'expression'. Actually, if I recall correctly, my introductory post here commenced with 'good day'. (Usage of 'commenced' correct?)

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Good day instead of hello? Sun Jun 15, 2008 13:01 pm  Good day instead of hello?
 

SkiIucK wrote:
I often do use this 'expression'. Actually, if I recall correctly, my introductory post here commenced with 'good day'. /Usage of 'commenced' correct?/

This is obviously interference from Bulgarian, where "добър ден" is a more common greeting than "good day" is in English.

The usage of "commenced" is correct, but it would sound either super-formal or super-hillbilly, depending on the context. It's more common to say "started" or "began".

The only thing wrong in your message was the use of slashes instead of parentheses. This isn't done in English, and it may take people quite a while to figure out what the slashes are for.
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Good day instead of hello? Sun Jun 15, 2008 13:45 pm  Good day instead of hello?
 

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"Good day" also seems to be common as an everyday greeting in Nigerian English.

I don't use it. Sounds like oldies-speak.
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Good day instead of hello? Sun Jun 15, 2008 14:22 pm  Good day instead of hello?
 

Molly wrote:
Sound like oldies-speak.


I'm not so sure. Here is one of the first examples I turned up:

Kazey wrote:
Good day blog readers, I am a bit excited today about the news I am about to share. Oh besides I am not back to blogging either, just a peep to post my excitement. Let me spill the beans, there is a new Nigerian intellectual forum that is just what you might have being searching for.

http://kayodemuyibi.com/


He describes himself as an IT student. He can't be very old; his "little brother" barges into his room at one point; and:

Quote:
old peoples club(for age 25 upwards)

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Good day instead of hello? Sun Jun 15, 2008 14:22 pm  Good day instead of hello?
 

I've never used ‘Good day’ since Amy pointed out my mistake. But it’s a common expression in Russian language as well as in Bulgarian.
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Good day instead of hello? Sun Jun 15, 2008 15:45 pm  Good day instead of hello?
 

Hi,

Thanks for the response. I am rather impressed.
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Good day instead of hello? Sun Jun 15, 2008 16:32 pm  Good day instead of hello?
 

Quote:
He describes himself as an IT student. He can't be very old; his "little brother" barges into his room at one point; and:

What's the difference between "sounds like" and "is", in you variant, Mr P-oirot?
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Good day instead of hello? Sun Jun 15, 2008 16:41 pm  Good day instead of hello?
 

Hello Molly,

Molly wrote:
Quote:
He describes himself as an IT student. He can't be very old; his "little brother" barges into his room at one point; and:

What's the difference between "sounds like" and "is", in you variant, Mr P-oirot?

It depends on the sense:

1. It sounds like X.

— "I suspect that it's X".

2. It sounds like X.

— "It has the sound of X."

In which sense did you mean it?

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Good day instead of hello? Sun Jun 15, 2008 16:50 pm  Good day instead of hello?
 

"It reminds me of..."

Why don't you join us over here?

http://www.nairaland.com/

Post your question about "good day" there, for starters. As one who has shown great interest in Nigeria and its people, you should have a ball over there. See if you can spot me.
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The curious incident of the salutation in the night-time Sun Jun 15, 2008 17:59 pm  The curious incident of the salutation in the night-time
 

Thank you, Molly.

This is an interesting thread:

Quote:
How do you normally greet your parent?

@topic,

mum :good day mom
dad:(his first name) good day

http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-117457.0.html


What is the significance of the different word order for male and female addressee, by the way?

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The curious incident of the salutation in the night-time Sun Jun 15, 2008 18:09 pm  The curious incident of the salutation in the night-time
 

MrPedantic wrote:
Thank you, Molly.

What is the significance of the different word order for male and female addressee, by the way?

All the best,

MrP

As I said, join us.

For someone who thinks I'm not Nigerian, a woman, and black, you sure are persisitent in your questions about Nigeria. Your questions smack of a "prove it!" attitude, and I'm not sure I have to prove anything to you, Mr P-ushy.

Why not come over to our forum and bring some of your standard English ideas with you?
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The curious incident of the Nigerian salutation in the ESL forum Sun Jun 15, 2008 18:43 pm  The curious incident of the Nigerian salutation in the ESL forum
 

Molly wrote:
Your questions smack of a "prove it!" attitude, and I'm not sure I have to prove anything to you, Mr P-ushy.

Well, as you please; though I thought you said elsewhere that you wanted more discussion of Nigerian English on this forum.

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Good day instead of hello? Sun Jun 15, 2008 20:22 pm  Good day instead of hello?
 

Pamela wrote:
I've never used ‘Good day’ since Amy pointed out my mistake. But it’s a common expression in Russian language as well as in Bulgarian.

In Russian, it's also common to say, "Как дела?" In American slang, it's common to say the same thing: "How's biz?'
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Отдых в Крыму- любые варианты Sun Jun 15, 2008 21:15 pm  Отдых в Крыму- любые варианты
 

Лето, солнце, море, песок, пляж.
Крым
.
Отели Алушты
С этими словами большинство людей связывает
отдых в Крыму
.
Конечно же! Большинство ведь помнит
Крым
с раннего детства. И с детства у каждого из нас на слуху манящие слова:
Алушта
,
Ялта
, Коктбель,
Евпатория
.

В наше время все изменилось. Уже закончились детские годы. Однако, не изменился
отдых в Крыму
. Как и в прежние времена он влечет людей к себе. Стоит ли говорить, как о безусловном факте что условия
отдыха в Крыму
сильно изменились. Однако, сам
Крым
остался прежним. В наше время выросло множество отелей и
гостиниц в Крыму
. Недавно построенные
гостиницы в Алуште
,
Ялте
,
Коктебеле
,
Гурзуфе
,
Форосе
,
Судаке
, привлекают к себе туристов современной архитектурой, европейским комфортом и сервисом. Это утверждение особенно верно по отношению к отелям и
гостиницам Ялты
.
Отдых в Ялте
всегда предназначался узкому кругу избранных. Однако,
отдых в Алуште
предложит вам роскошь и природное великолепие
Крыма
по более умеренным ценам.

[url=http://crimea.puteshestviy.net/otdyh_foros]Отдых в Форосе

[/url]
вообще нереально оценить деньгами.
Конечно же, еще есть
отдых в Анапе
,
Витязево
,
Джемете
. С их великолепными многокилометровыми песчаными пляжами и барханами, которые так любят дети. Построенные по самым последним стандартам гостиницы
Анапы
предложат Вам достойный уровень
отдыха в Анапе
. Широкий выбор
отелей Анапы
предложит своим гостям
отдых в Анапе
на любой вкус и кошелек. С точки зрения природных красот
отдых в Одессе
значительно уступает
отдыху в Крыму
или в
Анапе
. Однако позволит в полной мере насладиться всеми прелестями красавицы
Одессы
. С ее ночными клубами, шедеврами архитектуры, великолепными музеями и парками.
Гостиницы Одессы
воистину роскошны. Однако
отели Одессы
отличаются не только роскошью, но и высокой ценой. Но если дорогой отель в
Одессе
Вам не по карману – то есть варианты аренды
квартир в Одессе
посуточно. Вариант посуточного съема
квартир в Одессе
в последние годы очень популярен, поскольку Вы ни капли не теряете в комфорте. При этом Вы приобретаете большую свободу действий, нежели та, что предоставляют отели в
Одессе
.При этом все обходится дешевле.
Ну и конечно же нельзя не вспомнить
гостиницы Москвы
. Ваше пребывание в Москвеи впечатления от столицы будут непременно зависеть от того в каких
отелях Москвы
вы остановитесь. . К подбору гостиницы в Москве следует отнестись внимательно и достаточно серьезно. Лучше все предусматривать загодя. Ведь спрос на отели и
гостиницы Москвы
колоссальный. И не позаботившись о своем пребывании в
гостиницах Москвы
заранее , Вы рискуете остаться ночевать на вокзале . Лучшей альтернативой гостиницам и
отелям Москвы
является
Москва квартиры посуточно
.
Москва снять квартиру посуточно
гораздо дешевле, чем
отели Москвы
к тому же вы ощущаете большую свободу действий.
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