Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

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> andrew wrote:
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> > Am 03/06 17:30  Robert Hailman yscrifef:
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> > > To me, "Good day" suggests a proper Englishman of the 19th century who
> > > is too proper to say anything other than "Good day, sir" when he gets
> > > angry.
> > >
> > You have never had an Australasian address you with "G'day, mate", then,
> > eh?  And yes, we say "eh" as well.
> >
> I can't say I've ever spoken to an Australian who said that. My science
> teacher was Australian last year, and didn't say it at all.
>
> Most Canadians don't say 'eh?', that's only on TV, eh?
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> Robert
I like 'eh' myself. It seems like a good parallel to 'no?'/'non?' in Romance
languages and 'ne?' in Japanese. A very useful particle :)



Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo suHnus
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