- Goodbye or good-bye? - WordReference Forums
Oi Blackeyes, My dictionaries disagree with goodbye They list good-by for farewell, and offer good-bye as an alternate spelling
- etymology - What is the origin of the word goodbye? - English . . .
Bye is short for goodbye, which is an alteration of alteration of God be with you kthxbye is the pinnacle of English's advancement, shortening All correct, Thank you, God be with you into seven lowercase letters
- Good bye, Bye, Bye bye - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'm also a Minneapolis native, and I would add that when we say "bye" on its' own it is pronounced differently that when used at the end of the word goodbye Using the word "bye" on it's own we will draw out the final "e" into almost its own syllable, like: by-eee, in sing-song fashion Whereas at the end of "goodbye" it is clipped, like: good-by I agree that "bye bye" is either baby talk or
- What is the origin and scope of usage of the phrase So long. . . . used . . .
This is five years earlier than the earliest example of "so long" in the sense of "goodbye" that the OED cites, according to Barrie England's answer Whitman was born and raised in Long Island, New York, and spent much of the first half of his life there
- Bye vs. Goodbye - WordReference Forums
There is a subtle yet simple difference between "bye" and "goodbye" in English You say "bye" when you are leaving and you will see the person again "Goodbye," however, is often understood as an indefinite parting, that it may be the last time you will see the person again Examples are when
- Why doesnt English have a word that means both Hello and Goodbye?
Why does English have to have a word that means both hello and goodbye? "Nice to meet you" is used when greeting and saying goodbye Do other languages have the same phrase? The Spanish word for hello is "hola" and I don't think it is used for goodbye
- formality - Take care, sir! - how formal informal is take care in . . .
Also, "take care" doesn't mean goodbye, even though it is a farewell wish In a situation such as the fictional workplace setting between Tony Stark the boss and his extremely close member of staff, Pepper Potts, the mixture of close and distant language expressed in "Take care, sir" can work
- goodbye, farewell, so long - WordReference Forums
i've always wondered if there was a very fine semantic (or etymological) difference between the various ways of saying goodbye to somebody specifically "farewell" and "goodbye" And how are they considered in terms of finality? Obviously "see you later" implies you'll be seeing them sometime
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