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Question, where do you live? In America, and especially on the Pacific Coast 'Have a great day' is a phatic expression [1]. It is a common parting phrase and ha
by stuxnet79 17d ago
Question, where do you live? In America, and especially on the Pacific Coast 'Have a great day' is a phatic expression [1]. It is a common parting phrase and has lost any special significance that it might have once had within a conversation.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phatic_expression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phatic_expression
- Razengan 17d agoTIL phatic expression and ngl yes of course I read it as something else first. Anyway maybe they were glad that someone threw them even a phatic expression at all? :)
- alt227 16d agoIf I lived in a place where this was a phatic expression, I doubt it would have made much of an impression on me as I would have heard it all the time. I live in the UK where parting phatic expressions such as 'cheers', 'see you later', and 'take care' are common. But 'Have a good/great day' definitely is not.