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Have a good day Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:57 am  Have a good day
 

Hi,

We do not say "Good day" when greeting, we say Good morning, Good afternoon... But, can we say "Have a good day" when leaving? My friend often says "Have a good day" to me (maybe she wants me to have a good day) when our talk ends. I don't know whether it is possilbe. Please tell me.

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Have a good day Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:44 pm  Have a good day
 

Hi!

Well, Have a good day is a common well-wishing phrase and I think it's OK to use it.

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Have a good day Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:48 pm  Have a good day
 

PS - I read somewhere that Have a good day is not well-wishing, actually it's well-hoping.

The idea was that the modern English word good is derived from the Old English word god, and contemporary word God is derived from the same word. The author said that it connected God with good, goodness with Godness. To the Old English speaker Have a good day meant Have a God day or Go with God, be with God, be with goodness.

Something like this...
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Have a good day Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:26 am  Have a good day
 

Thank you, Sidle Jinks. But I'm wondering whether we can use that phrase or not.
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Have a good day Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:08 pm  Have a good day
 

Hi!

Sidle Jinks wrote:
Well, Have a good day is a common well-wishing phrase

So why not? Smile
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Have a nice day vs. have a good day Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:15 pm  Have a nice day vs. have a good day
 

Did you know that Jon Bon Jovi has released a song called Have a nice day. So have a nice day is probably a variation of have a good day.
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Have a good day Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:23 pm  Have a good day
 

As for me, I prefer to say Have a nice day. But I wonder if there is any difference between have a nice day and have a good day?
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Nice day vs. good day Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:28 pm  Nice day vs. good day
 

Hi Sidle Jinks, how are things in Ukraine? Regarding nice - I must admit I don't like this word very much. Everything can be nice - oh how nice, oh what a nice face, nice weather, you are so nice. What exactly does nice mean? I think this word is overused and therefore it's lost its meaning. Yes, you could say the same about the adjective good but good sounds more neutral. Nice is used by American actresses and celebrities like Paris Hilton or Britney Spears whose active vocabulary is rather limited to say the least and I don't want to fall into that category no matter how much money they might have...
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Have a good day Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:45 pm  Have a good day
 

Hi Nicole!

Things in Ukraine are going fine, thank you. But anyway, have a nice day is a common well-wishing phrase and it had existed long before Britney Spears. And as for nice, in Russian we have a word, милый (milyi - transliterated), which is also used in Russian equivalents for how nice, what a nice face etc.
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