- etymology - What is the origin of the word goodbye? - English . . .
According to the author, who painstakingly traced the lexical history of goodbye, the term Good (it remained capitalised) first appeared in 1676-1700 in the forms of: Good b'w'y , Good b'we ; Good b'wy to ye ; Good b'uy to you ; Good by t'ye ;
- Good bye, Bye, Bye bye - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
(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
- goodbye, farewell, so long | WordReference Forums
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)
- Take care instead of Goodbye - WordReference Forums
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
- What is the origin and scope of usage of the phrase So long. . . . used . . .
At least some of these instances of the phrase—in the context of the poem, which is the last on in this edition of the book—clearly allude to the meaning "farewell " 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
- Bye vs. Goodbye - WordReference Forums
"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 a parent dies and you say goodbye, or when a woman leaves a man and she says goodbye Does пока and до свидания have the same differences, or is there another way to say goodbye for a last
- Goodbye forever - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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
- When was goodbye in its most modern form first used?
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