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Originally Posted by DavyBCN  Sorry Teia  , and everyone else who said the same thing, but Good Day as two words is not normally used at the end of a conversation or meeting, unless it is Teia's abbreviation for the AE "Have a good day".
Good Day in BE is not used as much as it used to be, and is considered a little formal. At the start of a meeting it is common to hear good morning, good afternoon, hello, etc. There are, of course, many ways of saying good bye (goodbye), bye, etc. Have a good day has a little bit of a negative sense in the UK as a phrase which flew over the Atlantic and is often linked to just having received very poor service from a rude assistant in a bad restaurant or shop who then uses the phrase as you leave.  Any of our AE friends who feel outraged by this comment, please remember I haven't said whether I agree with this sense. |
Davy, ah, I see you are practising diplomacy. ;) ;)
Thanks for the clarification and information. I am assuming that
"Have a good day" is said in a particular tone to give that sense.
Perhaps I am wrong, and maybe only the words do the trick.
In the US, around Christmas time I have heard rude people (people not
unlike what you have mentioned above, giving bad service)
say
"Have a Merry Christmas" in a particular tone which tells
you that they don't mean it, and it sounds kind of ugly, and I have heard the other person respond
"Merry Christmas to YOU too" in a similar tone. You can guess which invectives they must be exchanging.
But I have often heard people pleasantly saying
"Have a nice day" and in response getting -
"You too".
I have seen "Have a nice day" even in office emails.