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Originally Posted by kkookk2003  |
As a footnote to that discussion, I'd add that in the UK there was initially some resistance to the introduction of what was felt to be an Americanism. But from the mid-sixties until today there has been much more European travel, and I think that English people began to feel a need for some way of distinguishing between a general greeting (like French
bonjour) and a wish for a pleasant experience during a particular day or outing (
bonne journée). So we started saying 'Have a good day'.
But 'Have a nice day' is becoming much more common. A hotel near where I live has it painted on the road on the way out of the hotel car park, and 'Have a nice stay' on the way in. (In current speech, except in unusually careful speakers, they sound the same, as the voiced /d/ of "day" assimilates to the unvoiced /s/ of "nice").
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