Sharpen your pencils, wordsmiths, it's time for another round of fluther phrases.
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August 9th, 2010
I looked up a quote for another Q and came upon a nice site with about a kazillion of them. Not terribly unusual, English being such an idiomatic and idiotic language. ~
What caught my eye was this category (I swear I’m not making this up): “Neutral Thank You Card Phrases” (for gifts you may not have totally liked). Some gems:
* Words cannot convey my gratitude.
• Your generosity overwhelms me.
• You can have no idea how much it means to me.
You get the idea, jellies. Let’s get creative. Sure you can copy/paste with the best of ‘em, but try to think of a category and come up with a Greeting Card; it could be funny, sensitive, smart and you can pick the occasion, too. Just be creative.
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Category: Internet Love
“I would totally delete my online profile for you baby”
We’re starting off with a good one! Nice going @MoxieGal – and here’s one of mine in return: “I would totally add you to my fluther, baby!” And I shall. Welcome to fluther.
The phrase “Have a good one!” Drives me crazy it is like you want to say something sorta nice but can’t figure out what to say. I always want to ask, “A nice one what???”
Nice to see you again Zennie, I missed you
@rooeytoo Thanks – nice to be missed.
I must take exception to that, though; having lived in New York (and many other places) there are always colloquialisms that have pertinent meaning to a specific place, or people, which might not translate well elsewhere.
Have a good one or Have a nice day (sometimes adding asshole, where required) is very New York. Just as Hi, How you doin’ doesn’t really mean you want to know how the other is feeling and what’s going on in his life, so the person who said “Have a good one” could be saying Bye, Seeya or Sayonara. It’s just a farewell greeting – from the old meaning of Fare – thee – well.
Hey Zennie, it does seem to be a universal saying, I don’t disagree with that, although I don’t necessarily associate it with NYC. There it would be more like “Adios MF.” jk jk, don’t get upset all you New Yorkers. But nonetheless, it annoys me. It is like a generic card, you don’t care enough to send the very best (do you remember when that was the Hallmark slogan, or perhaps it still is???) but you feel the need to say something.
Inappropriate ways to say goodbye to someone who just visited a fertilty clinic/sperm bank: “Thank you for your visit, please come again!”
Another neutral one:
“Do you like it?” they ask (dress, new sofa, car, hairstyle, etc.)
And of course, you don’t, not really.
“That’s so you!” the response. (From someone who just received that a few weeks ago…lol!)
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