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| #3 (permalink) Fri Jun 13, 2008 22:19 pm Good day instead of hello? |
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Maybe our grandgrandparents did.  |
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Jun 13, 2008 23:45 pm Good day instead of hello? |
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| Haihao wrote: |
| Maybe our grandgrandparents did. |
Some Aussies do, but it comes out as "G'day". |
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Jun 13, 2008 23:58 pm Good day instead of hello? |
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I think some Brits say "good day" when they are being funny.
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:01 am Good day instead of hello? |
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| Torsten wrote: |
| How often do you say "good day" to greet someone? |
On this side of the pond, "Good day" might be used as a very formal dismissal, and therefore would be closer in meaning to "Goodbye".
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:56 am Good day instead of hello? |
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| Torsten wrote: |
| I think some Brits say "good day" when they are being funny. |
In BrE, I can't imagine "good day!" as anything other than a would-be humorous or mock-archaic greeting or valediction; perhaps Shakespearean:
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Enter VALERIA, with an Usher and Gentlewoman
VALERIA My ladies both, good day to you.
VOLUMNIA Sweet madam.
VIRGILIA I am glad to see your ladyship.
VALERIA How do you both? you are manifest house-keepers. What are you sewing here? A fine spot, in good faith. How does your little son?
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I wouldn't call it common, though.
"G'day" in a mock Australian accent is also sometimes heard.
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:12 am Good day instead of hello? |
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| Yankee wrote: |
| Torsten wrote: |
| How often do you say "good day" to greet someone? |
On this side of the pond, "Good day" might be used as a very formal dismissal, and therefore would be closer in meaning to "Goodbye". |
It would be closer in meaning to, "You're fired!"
Or it could mean, "Do that one more time and you're fired! Now, get out of here!" |
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| #9 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:19 am Good day instead of hello? |
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In BrE, I can't imagine "good day!" as anything other than a would-be humorous or mock-archaic greeting or valediction
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On reflection, perhaps it's still current as a greeting/valediction with some older speakers of BrE.
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| #10 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:37 am Good day instead of hello? |
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| MrPedantic wrote: |
| In BrE, I can't imagine "good day!" as anything other than a would-be humorous or mock-archaic greeting or valediction; perhaps Shakespearean: |
So where is the reference to Shakespeare in this scene?
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| #11 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 14:06 pm Good day instead of hello? |
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I would assign that to the "mildly jocular" category. It also indicates that we are about to meet an unusual character.
I should have added earlier that, for some speakers, mildly humorous forms become habitual. Thus "Crikey!", which had mostly fallen into disuse, except in children's books and comics, underwent a revival as an ironic exclamation in the 1990s; some speakers now use it habitually, with little or no irony.
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| #12 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 14:53 pm Good day instead of hello? |
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Hi everyone,
Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts on this.
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| #13 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 16:34 pm Good day instead of hello? |
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| MrPedantic wrote: |
| I should have added earlier that, for some speakers, mildly humorous forms become habitual. Thus "Crikey!", which had mostly fallen into disuse, except in children's books and comics, underwent a revival as an ironic exclamation in the 1990s; some speakers now use it habitually, with little or no irony. |
I think that in North America "crikey" was generally not known at all until that Australian guy showed up on the TV show "Croc Files". |
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| #14 (permalink) Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:37 am Good day instead of hello? |
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| "G'day" in a mock Australian accent is also sometimes heard. |
And also by Aussies living in Britain, without the mock accent.
Mr P, do you really live in Britain, or is it British English that you live in? |
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| #15 (permalink) Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:25 am Good day instead of hello? |
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| Molly wrote: |
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| "G'day" in a mock Australian accent is also sometimes heard. |
And also by Aussies living in Britain, without the mock accent.
Mr P, do you really live in Britain, or is it British English that you live in? |
You had already mentioned the AusE usage.
My post related to speakers of BrE.
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| Attaching the negative. | difference among similar, different, same |
