Timeline for Is "good afternoon" old fashioned?
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| Apr 16, 2019 at 20:20 | vote | accept | danielfcand | ||
| Mar 17, 2017 at 15:22 | comment | added | Yvonne Aburrow | 'Oi' is less a greeting and more an attempt to get someone's attention :) | |
| S Mar 17, 2017 at 15:04 | history | suggested | Kirti | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Corrected grammatical mistake
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| Mar 17, 2017 at 15:01 | comment | added | Mitch | @Lawrence oh. yes. To be fair, 'Oi' works any time of day. | |
| Mar 17, 2017 at 14:45 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Mar 17, 2017 at 14:11 | comment | added | Lawrence | @Mitch Unless it's shortened into the Australian G'day. | |
| Mar 17, 2017 at 14:05 | answer | added | Seth Projnabrata | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 17, 2017 at 13:51 | comment | added | Mitch | No one's asking but 'Good Day' is like only ever in 'Oliver Twist'. | |
| Mar 17, 2017 at 11:35 | comment | added | TrevorD | I would say that, in British culture (but perhaps not in 'yoof' culture), it is still fairly common to say " 'afternoon" (or " 'morning) - dropping the "good" in both cases - when greeting someone (known or unknown), especially jusy in passing. | |
| Mar 17, 2017 at 11:31 | comment | added | TrevorD | Is this Q. asking specifically about whether "Good afternoon" is 'old fashioned' in American culture - or in English-speaking cultures worldwide? | |
| Mar 17, 2017 at 9:59 | answer | added | Yvonne Aburrow | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 6:05 | comment | added | user184292 | "Good afternoon" isn't old-fashioned. People say it all the time. If I start a meeting that starts in the afternoon, the very first thing I usually say when I get up front is "good afternoon." If I happen to run into someone I know in the afternoon, though, I usually just say "hi." | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 6:01 | comment | added | user180089 | And then if you DO go on to tell people about your day, they get this scrunched up look on their face as if they'd rather be washing the dishes at that point. Well then, why the eff did you ask what was up? Why were you acting so interested when in reality all you wanted was to come off as interested, but all you managed was the complete opposite? No thanks. Millennial politeness is a disingenuous politeness. | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 5:54 | comment | added | user180089 | @Nothing at all ~ I think you're missing the point slightly. The entire reason human beings invented politeness was so we wouldn't have to waste our time being interested in other people's life stories. It's the reason why a common polite greeting among the older generations is "How do you do? (Britain)" and "How are you? (America)", but a common greeting among the younger generation is "What's up?". Please. As if you're actually interested in what other people are doing. | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 1:06 | comment | added | GEdgar | There is no universal "American" culture. These things vary from place to place. Perhaps in his neighborhood you have to say "Yo, Dude!" to greet someone. But where I live we still say "Good afternoon" if we want to. | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 0:56 | comment | added | Angelos | @V0ight Millennials have different ways of marking politeness than older generations. In particular, their use of casual language is meant to build rapport with the interlocutor, but an older person may interpret it as speaking above their station. | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 0:29 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 16, 2016 at 0:24 | history | asked | danielfcand | CC BY-SA 3.0 |