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Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« on: November 20, 2009, 02:23:23 PM »
I hear the American phrase...'You All Have A Nice Day..Now,about every day. I am so tied of hearing it from a British clerk in the shops. Does anyone have a GOOD come-back line to reply to this? Help!!


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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2009, 02:27:41 PM »
Umm...I would say, 'Thanks, you too!'  :-\\\\  The Brits are allowed to be friendly too!


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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2009, 02:28:46 PM »
I'm not sure I quite get the problem. Is it that you think they're being cheeky because you're American?


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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2009, 02:44:56 PM »
Do your shopping online to avoid people?  ???


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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2009, 02:45:40 PM »
I'm not sure I quite get the problem. Is it that you think they're being cheeky because you're American?

Yeah, I don't get it either - do you think they are making fun of you?


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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2009, 03:34:34 PM »
How about "Pip Pip Cheerio Mate!"
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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2009, 04:22:00 PM »
Not to be cheeky but I didn't realize saying "Have a nice day" was an American only thing.  Are they saying this in a bad American accent, as if mocking you or something like that?  If not, I think you're a little sensitive about a clerk being friendly.


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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2009, 04:39:48 PM »
I didn't realize saying "Have a nice day" was an American only thing.

I didn't either until I moved to England! I'm sure lot's of people in the UK say it but it's considered to be an American saying. At least that's what my husband and a few of his mates have told me. I don't know...I guess I would say to somebody who was saying it mockingly towards me "I will because one of us should" and then forget about it. Life's to short to worry about a cheeky clerk.


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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2009, 06:01:31 PM »

They say 'you all'?

It is a commonly used American phrase and over here, has been a source of wry humour for a while now. I have never encountered it the shops here though I have heard said elsewhere but usually in a mocking sort of way.

Most of the shop keepers here just say bye or cheerio.

But if a shop keeper did say Bye and have a nice day, I'd probably just smile and say cheers and you too.

Still tired of coteries and bans. But hanging about anyway.


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« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2009, 06:16:45 PM »
I'm not sure I quite get the problem. Is it that you think they're being cheeky because you're American?

I have been over here for close to 15 years and the problem is with me. I am so tired of hearing this and other American sayings from someone with a British accent. Its just me..with the problem..but I am looking for cheeky-funny come-back lines to say when I leave in a fake British accent. Most know me and always say the same things..like,'You All Come on Back', 'You All Have A Nice Day','In A Coon's Age', 'Cup Of Joe','High Five','God bless the USA, so large,So friendly, and so rich','The national dish of America is menus','Just what is it that America stands for'?,'Wake Up America','Shoot Low Sheriff'!,'Thats the Cowboy Way'!!!,'That put a quiver in my liver','It came a gullywusher','She jumped on that like a duck on a June bug','down the road apiece','Well, I declare'! and other American phrases! People hear my American accent and seem to think they can do a good 'American accent phrase'. Don't get me wrong..over the years..I have laughed and gone on...but lately its getting to me and I am just looking for good come-back lines to say that are rather cheeky..funny. I am hearing all the American phrases and just a wanabee Britain with a British accent. Sorry for whinging..but its gotten to me lately.
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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2009, 06:19:20 PM »
How about "Pip Pip Cheerio Mate!"

Thanks..not bad!


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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2009, 06:27:58 PM »
Are these people that you know personally or see on a regular basis?  Maybe they think you enjoy this since you used to laugh about it.  Personally, if I didn't know someone on a personal level (i.e. just a shop worker I see every now and then or something of that nature) and they said some of those things to me, I would tell them to shut the chuff up...but that's just me.  Keep in mind that if you "come back" with something YOU think is funny, it could be offensive to them.  Or if they think it is funny, it will just turn into a little game of "see who can come up with the funniest comebacks" which will inevitably lead to even more "clever" American comments made to you.  If this is honestly bothering you, I don't think a witty comeback is going to be a solution to your problem regardless...I think you should just tell them that the horrible American accents and stereotypical sayings are starting to aggravate you and you don't find them funny anymore.  If it doesn't really bother you and you are just looking for some witty banter, then have at it.


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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2009, 06:31:27 PM »
Are these people that you know personally or see on a regular basis?  Maybe they think you enjoy this since you used to laugh about it.  Personally, if I didn't know someone on a personal level (i.e. just a shop worker I see every now and then or something of that nature) and they said some of those things to me, I would tell them to shut the chuff up...but that's just me.  Keep in mind that if you "come back" with something YOU think is funny, it could be offensive to them.  Or if they think it is funny, it will just turn into a little game of "see who can come up with the funniest comebacks" which will inevitably lead to even more "clever" American comments made to you.  If this is honestly bothering you, I don't think a witty comeback is going to be a solution to your problem regardless...I think you should just tell them that the horrible American accents and stereotypical sayings are starting to aggravate you and you don't find them funny anymore.  If it doesn't really bother you and you are just looking for some witty banter, then have at it.

Wow!!!  :o  If this was a shopkeeper or someone I didn't know well, I would just ignore the person and roll my eyes when I turn away. If I said, 'Have a nice day' to someone and they went off on me I would be REALLY offended!


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« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2009, 06:32:50 PM »
I get that kind of thing a lot because I work in a shop.  I just ignore it.  They eventually stop.  If it was a shop I bought stuff in and it bothered me I wouldn't go in there.


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Re: Need 'GOOD' come-back line for British saying..American sayings!
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2009, 06:38:26 PM »
Wow!!!  :o  If this was a shopkeeper or someone I didn't know well, I would just ignore the person and roll my eyes when I turn away. If I said, 'Have a nice day' to someone and they went off on me I would be REALLY offended!

I wasn't talking about a shopkeeper saying "Have a nice day"...I was talking about the examples the OP recently elaborated with.  If you were a shopkeeper (especially if I didn't know you personally) and you said something to me like "Just what does America stand for?", you better be prepared for a lot of backlash.


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