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A growing trend in Western funerals is for family and loved ones to put hot cattle brands to wooden caskets. It’s the most cowboy way for
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01/18/2025 - 2:28 am | View Link - Biden says goodbye
President Joe Biden said goodbye Wednesday night, telling the American people that serving as president has been “the highest honor of my life” but warning that dangers on the horizon pose a serious threat to democracy.
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- "Ta" and "ta-ta"
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.
01/17/2025 - 6:10 pm | View Link - Where does "ta!" come from?
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.
01/17/2025 - 7:11 am | View Link - "Good bye", "Bye", "Bye bye"
(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
01/15/2025 - 10:16 pm | View Link - Swedish: How to 'say goodbye' in a formal letter
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.
01/15/2025 - 1:48 pm | View Link - What's the verb for the mere act of saying goodbye to someone?
For example, when I tell my child to say goodbye to someone and I don't necessarily ask them to show the guest the door but do so myself. There are situations where using the phrase say hello is inappropriate and greet is a better alternative (in literary prose, or in discussions about non-English-centric cultures for example), so I wonder if ...
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