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Old 16-Aug-2006, 13:24
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Default Re: linguistic mistakes committed by politics from countries that english is not firs

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Originally Posted by teia_petrescu View Post
Hi Asad
Deen has already answered your question :
The expression "Good day" should have been uttered at the closing of the meeting , not at the beginning of the meeting
"Good day" means "Have a good day" and it should be used to close a meeting.
The politician ,Deen is talking about ,should have started his speech with : Good morning/Good afternoon ,etc, not "Good day" which means "Have a nice day",..
Regards,

I understand your point.


Though not on the topic of what asad5 has asked,
don't Australians say "G'day (mate)" just as a greeting? I mean not necessarily when parting/closing a meeting.
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