Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

Eric Christopherson wrote:
>
> > Behalf Of Robert Hailman
> >
> >
> > Poster:       Robert Hailman <robert@...>
> >
> > andrew wrote:
> > >
> > > Am 03/06 17:30  Robert Hailman yscrifef:
> > >
> > > > 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?
> >
> I like 'eh' myself. It seems like a good parallel to 'no?'/'non?' in Romance
> languages and 'ne?' in Japanese. A very useful particle :)
>
That's one usage, but the sterotypical usage is just an extra word, like
"I like beans, eh?"

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Robert