dialect tidbit

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>In my childhood (40s and 50s), "Good night!" was my family's all-purpose
>interjection ....

>Did anybody else grow up using this, or was it just our family?  Or is it
>peculiar to East Texas, or just "an age thing"?

I used to hear this (used about the same as "Good grief!" IIRC) in Detroit
in the 1950's. I can't rightly remember how frequent it was, or who said it
(I didn't).

-- Doug Wilson