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Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

From:Robert Hailman <robert@...>
Date:Thursday, March 9, 2000, 21:34
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?" -- Robert