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Eastenders: do people still say "long time no see"? |
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Eastenders: do people still say "long time no see"?
Even in the East End of London? Or is that the only place they still say it?
It's just that it seems a little corny. Or maybe it's done to represent a corny character. Or maybe I'm too provincial and have missed out on this particular liguistic fashion? After all, I still say "cool", although I expect the meaning has changed since I first used it
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Yeah I still say it. It's a perfectly cromulent phrase
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Hey, pammi_i
Long time no see. There is so much wrong with this soap, let's have a discusion. |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by familytree
Hey, pammi_i
Long time no see. There is so much wrong with this soap, let's have a discusion. I still say that also. |
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I don't say it. If I haven't seen someone for a long time there's usually a good reason so I tell them to bugger off.
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I always say it. I'll say it to my friends at home when I go back for the holidays from Uni.
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I said it in an e-mail to a cousin I hadn't seen or heard from in oh, 28 years!
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I say it all the time! I didn't think it was unusual. (I'm not a Londoner by the way..)
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I don't think its that unusual! I still hear people say it often, and not just in the London area either.
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Yeah, they do. Also, 'don't be a stranger' or 'hello stranger'.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by julieannu
'hello stranger'.
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i say it and im scottish
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what does it matter
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I do use it sometimes (I'm not from the UK)
Don't people use "cool" anymore then? |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete Callan
I don't say it. If I haven't seen someone for a long time there's usually a good reason so I tell them to bugger off.
I`m with you on that Pete, they usually want something too!
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"Long time, no see..."
It's Chinese Pidgin English, and it's a turn of phrase I believe is used everywhere, not just London...
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Yeah people do still say it - well i do anyway...
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After all, I still say "cool", although I expect the meaning has changed since I first used it
