Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"
From: | Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, March 7, 2000, 3:29 |
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> Sender: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
> Poster: Robert Hailman <robert@...>
> Subject: Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"
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> Eric Christopherson wrote:
> > Also, if you don't use it, what do you say (in English) to wish
> someone a
> > nice day? "Good day?"
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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.
I'm sorry, but I'm just not getting it. If "have a nice day" is offensive,
what is a NONoffensive way to convey the same thing? And what makes it
offensive (or is it just something like broccoli that one doesn't like for
no apparent reason)?
Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo suHnus
raccoon@elknet.net