Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Good day! quando ci si saluta lasciandosi

Speaking of the different ways of saying goodbye (and not of the ways
of saying hello!)  is "Good day" an American thing?
Would it be "Have a nice day!" in the UK?
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 Would it be "Have a nice day!" in the UK?
I think it is used in Australia (in informal conversation, I daresay). 
My hunch is that it sounds ridiculous either in the UK or in the USA.
Finally, Hercule Poirot says so every now and then (and he does look
ridiculous).
Bye, FB

 My hunch is that it sounds ridiculous either in the UK or in the USA.
Io l'ho sentito diverse volte in telefilm americani, intendo dire come
saluto di commiato.
Mah! 
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 saluto di commiato.
Quand'è così...
Ciao, FB

 Would it be "Have a nice day!" in the UK?
Negli States lo sento usare spesso quando ci si commiata.
Ciao
Fabio

incontrandosi?
Sì. G'day, mate!
Sebastiano
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 Would it be "Have a nice day!" in the UK?
Never. But the rot is setting in: Americanization (all that tv) has
strange effects. I read recently about a British teenager involved in
an accident of some sort. He needed police and medical help, so he used
his mobile to dial the emergency number he knew so well from tv: 911. 
The British number is (and quite famously, too) 999. The  sad (but
interesting) thing is that the child was more familiar with American
tele-reality than real Brit reality.
Hmmm.
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 States lo sento usare spesso quando ci si commiata.
commiatarsi....che bella parola!  Erano decenni che non la sentivo.  "Good day"
e' piu' raro di "have a good day".  Have a good day is not so uncommon.  In
fact, I just heard an interview with Charles Manson last night where at the end
he says "have a good day!" and it's sort of eerie the way he says it......
bye
Ari

 Hmmm.
At least, they are more familiar with American  tele-reality than with
Brit tele-reality  :)
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 he says "have a good day!" and it's sort of eerie the way he says it......
Brrrr....
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Ciao,
Anna

 Brit tele-reality  :)
Hmm. Sounds interesting. Which TV reality would you prefer? I seem to
remember that Italian TV had plenty of scantily dressed women of above
average physical appearance. At the risk of being politically incorrect (in
the UK at least), I think I might chose Italian TV reality. Natalia Estrada
will do nicely.
;) Just joking, of course.

 is that called?) 
<snip>
It seems that it was the British who invented emergency numbers
| Great Britain was the first country to establish a universal
| emergency telephone number.  Since 1937 any individual in the
| United Kingdom has been able to dial 999, receive a prompt
| response, and have his or her request for assistance (police, fire,
| ambulance) quickly and efficiently directed to the proper agency. 
http://people.mags.net/boem/911history.htm
And here is a history of the American 911.
http://www.911dispatch.com/911_file/history/911history.html
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 supposed to be the reason.
Se non mi sbaglio, hai ragione. Si potrebbe fare il numero senza luce.
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http://people.mags.net/boem/911history.htm
<lightheartedness>
Almost 70 years! Did the article say if anyone is still waiting for their
ambulance?
Of course, in those days, telephones were probably only situated in police
stations, fire stations and hospitals. No doubt it would have taken you 30
minutes to walk to the nearest phone!
</lightheartedness>
The firemen used to all be part time in rural areas (sort of like Gangs of
New York without the violence!), and there was a fire station at the bottom
of my grandparents' farm. When the siren went off, all the children would
rush and watch the firemen arrive from all directions, still changing
clothes as the engine set off. I think it must have been an incredible sight
back then.

 Se non mi sbaglio, hai ragione. Si potrebbe fare il numero senza luce.
The downside being you would have to wait for (or assist) the dialler to
rotate fully back before being able to dial the next 9. In certain
situations this might have been a little awkward.

 kind of biblical significance?
The Beast. The Antichrist. Dunno why.
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 rotate fully back before being able to dial the next 9. 
In thriller films the victim never succeeds in doing that... in time
;)
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 The Beast. The Antichrist. Dunno why.
Revelations, Chapter 13, verse 16 ff:
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,
to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the
name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man;
and his number is Six hundred threescore and six
O se lo preferisci, nell'italiano della Nuova Riveduta:
Apocalisse, 13; 16-18
Faceva sě che tutti, piccoli e grandi, ricchi e poveri, liberi e
schiavi ricevessero un marchio sulla mano destra e sulla fronte; e che
nessuno potesse comprare o vendere senza avere tale marchio, cioč il
nome della bestia o il numero del suo nome. Qui sta la sapienza. Chi ha
intelligenza calcoli il numero della bestia: essa rappresenta un nome
d'uomo. E tal cifra č seicentosessantasei. 
Non crederesti quanti sono gli scemi di cercare il secreto
dell'universo ecc ecc nel numero 666. Spiegazioni dai "numerologhi"  da
far piangere, non ridere. Se hai una giornata da perdere, fai un
"google" su "number of the beast".
Come dice Puck nel "Midsummer Night's Dream":
"Lord, what fools these mortals be."
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