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- Good bye, Bye, Bye bye - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
(The origin of "goodbye" is "God be with you", so arguably the other person ought to be going on a significant journey that you have to wish such support ) This distinction is probably lost on many people, but I have seen people startled when the wrong variant is used As for the "bye" variants, I'd say "goodbye": quite formal
- goodbye, farewell, so long | WordReference Forums
I believe that "goodbye" is used far more often than "farewell" which sounds to my ears much more formal (I used to quote Google hits to determine if a word was used more often but I have come to believe that those numbers are not reliable indicators of usage ) From informal to more formal: bye-bye, goodbye, farewell (to my ears at any rate)
- Bye vs. Goodbye - WordReference Forums
"Goodbye," however, is often understood as an indefinite parting, that it may be the last time you will see the person again Examples are when a parent dies and you say goodbye, or when a woman leaves a man and she says goodbye Does пока and до свидания have the same differences, or is there another way to say goodbye for a last
- Whats the verb for the mere act of saying goodbye to someone?
For example, when I tell my child to say goodbye to someone and I don't necessarily ask them to show the guest the door but do so myself There are situations where using the phrase say hello is inappropriate and greet is a better alternative (in literary prose, or in discussions about non-English-centric cultures for example), so I wonder if
- What is the origin and scope of usage of the phrase So long. . . . used . . .
At least some of these instances of the phrase—in the context of the poem, which is the last on in this edition of the book—clearly allude to the meaning "farewell " This is five years earlier than the earliest example of "so long" in the sense of "goodbye" that the OED cites, according to Barrie England's answer
- Where does ta! come from? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
When a term originates in northern English dialects as "ta" appears to, I often begin by looking at nordic languages as much of northern England was conquered by the Vikings and the parts of the language endure both in words and in the overall sound - if you listen the geordie accent has a definite scandinavian cadence to it
- Goodbye forever - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Japanese for 'goodbye'; however, it carries more finality Instead of being used at the end of a day, as in "Goodbye see you tomorrow," it would be used in situations where you will either not see the person for a long time, if ever again From urban dictionary Sometimes you find exactly what you are looking for
- Term for greetings that are also valedictions
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