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MUSCOVITE Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
"Shortened "greetings
Hi,
Even those who have just begun learning English know that the greeting "Morning" is often used for "Good morning"...
The tendency is clear - to be as laconic as possible :-)
(1) Anyway, when did it all start? Using "Morning/Afternoon/Evening" for "Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening"??
(2) Are there other examples of this kind? (meaning "omitting some words in a phrase for the sake of brevity")
(3) (Ignore this question if you think it is irrelevant...) Are there similar tendencies (= using "morning' for 'good morning" etc.) in other European languages?
Thank you!
mus-te
Even those who have just begun learning English know that the greeting "Morning" is often used for "Good morning"...
The tendency is clear - to be as laconic as possible :-)
(1) Anyway, when did it all start? Using "Morning/Afternoon/Evening" for "Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening"??
(2) Are there other examples of this kind? (meaning "omitting some words in a phrase for the sake of brevity")
(3) (Ignore this question if you think it is irrelevant...) Are there similar tendencies (= using "morning' for 'good morning" etc.) in other European languages?
Thank you!
mus-te
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Hi I believe au voir is a short form of goodbye in French au revoir - until we we see each other again Dave
- Hi I believe au voir is a short form of goodbye in French au revoir - until we we see each other again Dave
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Hi
I believe au voir is a short form of goodbye in French
au revoir - until we we see each other again
Dave
I believe au voir is a short form of goodbye in French
au revoir - until we we see each other again
Dave
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And there's a quite recent English form of "Catch you later" ...
Laters!
Dave
Laters!
Dave
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Hi Dave!
Very interesting comments! Both of them! Thanks a lot!
mus-te
Very interesting comments! Both of them! Thanks a lot!
mus-te
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Hi
You're welcome
The answer to your first question: When did it all begin? must be impossible to answer - it's old as time
In the Bible, you have the greeting: "Peace be to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have"
But I guess that the everyday greeting was something like charein ...
Peace
Dave
You're welcome
The answer to your first question: When did it all begin? must be impossible to answer - it's old as time
In the Bible, you have the greeting: "Peace be to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have"
But I guess that the everyday greeting was something like charein ...
Peace
Dave
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dave_anonWhen did it all begin? must be impossible to answer - it's old as timeI see. Thanks, Dave
Well, tastes differ of course but "excessive brevity" (if it occurs in the wrong place, in the wrong time, and in the wrong way [big smiley]) sometimes takes very weird forms...
Just one example ...which has nothing to do with English and English speaker
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Hi, and thanks for your message
In English, we don't really have a social form of words for when we are going to eat. "Bon appé***" sounds good to me, but there truly isn't any way to say it in English
I can imagine, when I was 16, just calling out "Appetite!" but, no, that wouldn't have made any sense
I'm not sure that the words and phrases that young people invent hav
In English, we don't really have a social form of words for when we are going to eat. "Bon appé***" sounds good to me, but there truly isn't any way to say it in English
I can imagine, when I was 16, just calling out "Appetite!" but, no, that wouldn't have made any sense
I'm not sure that the words and phrases that young people invent hav
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