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Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

From:Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 7, 2000, 3:29
> ----------------------- > Sender: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> > Poster: Robert Hailman <robert@...> > Subject: Re: CHAT: "have a nice day" > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------- > > Eric Christopherson wrote: > > Also, if you don't use it, what do you say (in English) to wish > someone a > > nice day? "Good day?" > > 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