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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:02 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

Ralf wrote:
People in Ireland only say "G'day, mate" when imitating an Australian accent. When [Home and Away[/i] or Neighbours were the bee's knees in the 1980s, 'Good Day' re-experienced an unlooked-for (and short-lived) revival in popularity.

I see. And how about "What's the craic?" and "Anything strange?"?
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:05 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

Interesting:

Similarly, g'day, a stereotypical Australian greeting, is no longer synonymous with "good day" in other varieties of English (it can be used at night time) and is never used as an expression for "farewell", as "good day" is in other countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:07 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

Molly wrote:
Ralf wrote:
People in Ireland only say "G'day, mate" when imitating an Australian accent. When [Home and Away[/i] or Neighbours were the bee's knees in the 1980s, 'Good Day' re-experienced an unlooked-for (and short-lived) revival in popularity.

I see. And how about "What's the craic?" and "Anything strange?"?

Craic.

What's the craic witya? = Are you alright? Tell us a story!
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:08 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

Ralf wrote:
What's the craic witya? = Are you alright? Tell us a story!

I know, but is it used?

And "Anything strange?"?
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:13 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

Molly wrote:
Ralf wrote:
What's the craic witya? = Are you alright? Tell us a story!

I know, but is it used?

And "Anything strange?"?

Yes, I say it all the time. But I never use 'anything strange?'

Another common greeting is 'Any sca?' (here sca is short for scandal). It's used to encourage people to gossip.
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:19 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

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But I never use 'anything strange?'

You don't know the expression?
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:24 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

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But I never use 'anything strange?'

You don't know the expression?

I do. I associate it with people who I met on Inis Mór during my semester breaks. 'Ent'n strange?' is used by people who want to hear news. So you could say it works just like 'any sca?' or 'what's the craic?'

Not using something doesn't mean not knowing something. I know electric toothbrushes, but I don't use one.
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:20 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

I would like to place another two cents hereby on 'good day' because I feel the expression in reality is far more deeply interwoven than its seeming simplicity in both horizontal and vertical dimensions with both historical and geographical aspections (I can't help laughing at myself for this nannyish talking Very Happy) and the lengthened discussion on it has already given conclusive evidence to it and its profoundness. As Jamie suggested earlier, it could be retroactive to as early as 19th century, and as others indicated, it could be broad-based to as far as virtually every corner of the earth and as finely built as hairs of toothbrush.

Well, what I am trying to say is, IMHO many languages, not only European but also Asian, could have some relations to the expression, such as German, for example, isn’t Gutentak a Goodday? Many other examples, I guess.

O this almighty phrase is also a hypermultiallweathermixotrophic combination of good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night; 24 hours 7 days a week.
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:56 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

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Not using something doesn't mean not knowing something. I know electric toothbrushes, but I don't use one.

Vibrators? Wink
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:12 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

I don't think we need any more of your dirty jokes, Molly.
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:24 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

??! You don't know what a vibrating toothbrush is, Jamie?
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:42 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

Don't play stupid. Someone mentioned electric toothbrushes, and you brought up vibrators.
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:49 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

If it were vibrators, why would you be embarrassed to talk about them? We all seem to be adults. Have you never used one? A vibrator, that is, and not an adult. Wink
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:57 am  Good day instead of hello?
 

We're not all adults in this forum.
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Good day instead of hello? Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:10 pm  Good day instead of hello?
 

Really? Where are the kids and how old are they?
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