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Originally Posted by Lenka  Thank you for your responses!
Hi Schapp!  I didn't know that the word "cool" is not that accepted in Britain. |
Well, I think it's fairly widely acccepted, but it's actually used by younger people. "I've got this real cool MP3 player" is not something one would expect to hear from the lips of a 60-yr-old.
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Originally Posted by Humble Hi,
It seems I’ve read somewhere that Have a good day!- (or just Good day??) is a curt unfriendly way to stop a conversation. Am I wrong?
Tnx |
Good day (no question marks) can be either polite (if slightly old-fashioned) when used as a greeting (that is, at the beginning of a conversation or in place of one - when passing someone in the street, for example), or very dismissive (though with a veneer of politeness): "On that other matter, Sir, I have nothing further to add. You know my views. Good day." The stress is important. In the positive case, it's rising, or falling slightly from a high pitch; but in the negative case it falls sharply from a medium pitch.
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