Goodbye to Hello

Language Log 2022-10-03

Summary:

Aside from "OK", is there any English word in the world that is better known than "hello", or maybe "thanks", or "bye"? Now get this: "Don’t say hello, it’s too western, Indian civil servants told" by Amrit Dhillon, Delhi, thetimes.co.uk October 3, 2022   ———   Civil servants have been told to bid goodbye to […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=56489&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=goodbye-to-hello

From feeds:

Gudgeon and gist » Language Log

Tags:

borrowing

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

10/03/2022, 18:14

Date published:

10/03/2022, 17:04