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"Safe Home"

In the last week or so I have heard several times the phrase "safe home" used in lieu of "get home safe". As far as I can recall, I had never heard this before. Is this a new usage?

Mike Nitabach
  

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[nq:1]In the last week or so I have heard several times the phrase "safe home" used in lieu of "get home safe". As far as I can recall, I had never heard this before. Is this a new usage?

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  • [nq:1]In the last week or so I have heard several times the phrase "safe home" used in lieu of "get home safe".
  • As far as I can recall, I had never heard this before.
  • Is this a new usage?
  • Mike Nitabach[/nq] It's been around for quite some time.
  • ) I started to use it a couple of years ago when seeing friends off it's a little more poetic and comfortable-sounding than "Get home safely" or "Drive safely" I think.
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[nq:1]In the last week or so I have heard several times the phrase "safe home" used in lieu of "get home safe". As far as I can recall, I had never heard this before. Is this a new usage? Mike Nitabach[/nq]
It's been around for quite some time. It's used in North America but I once read it had English origins (i.e it originated in England.)

I started to use it a couple of years ago wh
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[nq:1]In the last week or so I have heard several times the phrase "safe home" used in lieu of "get home safe". As far as I can recall, I had never heard this before. Is this a new usage?[/nq]
I've heard it from only one person, who's Northern Ireland born and resident, and has used it for at least 20 years.

Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England
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[nq:2]In the last week or so I have heard several ... had never heard this before. Is this a new usage?[/nq]
[nq:1]I've heard it from only one person, who's Northern Ireland born and resident, and has used it for at least 20 years.[/nq]
My forays into Google suggested that it was an Irish expression: "Goodnight, *** Bless and Safe Home" by Finbar O'Keefe, is a book about Irish showbands.
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[nq:2]I've heard it from only one person, who's Northern Ireland born and resident, and has used it for at least 20 years.[/nq]
[nq:1]My forays into Google suggested that it was an Irish expression: "Goodnight, *** Bless and Safe Home" by Finbar O'Keefe, is a book about Irish showbands.[/nq]
Then it is not at all surprising that two of the three people I heard it from have spent large amou
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[nq:2]My forays into Google suggested that it was an Irish ... Home" by Finbar O'Keefe, is a book about Irish showbands.[/nq]
[nq:1]Then it is not at all surprising that two of the three people I heard it from have spent large ... vast number of pages detailing the numerous dangers of the home and how to eliminate them. What was your search?[/nq]
I googled "*** bless and safe home", which
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[nq:2]Then it is not at all surprising that two of ... home and how to eliminate them. What was your search?[/nq]
[nq:1]I googled "*** bless and safe home", which is what I've heard most often.[/nq]
I hadn't heard the compound phrase.

Mike Nitabach
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[nq:1]In the last week or so I have heard several times the phrase "safe home" used in lieu of "get home safe". As far as I can recall, I had never heard this before. Is this a new usage? Mike Nitabach[/nq]
Further to this, today's The Globe and Mail, an article (1) has this to say: "As we left Dingle in Kerry, my husband pointed out a sign in Gaelic on the outskirts of the town, and asked me
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