"Good bye", "Bye", "Bye bye" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Sep 6, 2010 · (The origin of "goodbye" is "God be with you", so arguably the other person ought to be going on a significant journey that you have to wish such support.) This distinction is probably lost on many people, but I have seen people startled when the wrong variant is used. As for the "bye" variants, I'd say "goodbye": quite formal
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Jul 27, 2007 · I believe that "goodbye" is used far more often than "farewell" which sounds to my ears much more formal. (I used to quote Google hits to determine if a word was used more often but I have come to believe that those numbers are not reliable indicators of usage.) From informal to more formal: bye-bye, goodbye, farewell (to my ears at any rate).
When was "goodbye" in its most modern form first used?
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Take care instead of Goodbye - WordReference Forums
Feb 9, 2005 · To begin, I think 'take care' is something one should say in addition to saying 'goodbye'. I do not think it is a replacement for goodbye, rather it is more of an added farewell message to a goodbye. Thus, it is common to say to another person: "goodbye and take care". It simply means that you wish them well and you hope that things are good ...
Goodbye forever - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Feb 28, 2016 · Japanese for 'goodbye'; however, it carries more finality. Instead of being used at the end of a day, as in "Goodbye see you tomorrow," it would be used in situations where you will either not see the person for a long time, if ever again. From urban dictionary. Sometimes you find exactly what you are looking for.
"Ta" and "ta-ta" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jun 9, 2011 · tata. also ta-ta, "good-bye," 1823, a word first recorded as infant's speech. Abbreviation T.T.F.N., "ta-ta for now," popularized 1941 by BBC radio program "ITMA," where it was the characteristic parting of the cockney cleaning woman character Mrs. Mopp, voiced by Dorothy Summers.
Where does "ta!" come from? - English Language & Usage Stack …
When a term originates in northern English dialects as "ta" appears to, I often begin by looking at nordic languages as much of northern England was conquered by the Vikings and the parts of the language endure both in words and in the overall sound - if you listen the geordie accent has a definite scandinavian cadence to it.
auto antonyms - Does "Irish goodbye" have two meanings which …
A goodbye taking more than 1 hour and in which a new conversation begins. People can spend hours on end standing in the driveway talking, during an Irish Goodbye. Not limited to Irish people, but very common among large Irish Families. This type of goodbye is different because the more serious one is about leaving, the longer they stay around for.
Swedish: How to 'say goodbye' in a formal letter
Mar 10, 2010 · A very common goodbye in written form is "Med vänliga hälsningar" Directly translated: with friendly wishes. This is, if you ask me, not at all excessive and is a nice ending. I won't actually tell you any other examples, because I think this is the one to use.
He didn’t so much as say goodbye. | WordReference Forums
Jan 9, 2025 · It doesn't only imply that he didn't say goodbye. He didn't even say good bye (it implies that the speaker would have expected him to at least have said goodbye- but he didn't). Reactions: PaulQ , Shuichiro Matsuda2 and sound shift