When & whence "have a good day"?

[Peter A. McGraw]

I know I first heard it (with "nice") in 1970, from a student in
Chattanooga, TN.

Peter Mc.

--On Friday, May 20, 2005 2:26 PM -0700 Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> I never had that impression.  I remember noticing its ubiquity but can't
> quite recall just when that was.  "Have a *nice* day" was the form that
> excited horror amongst prophets of linguistic doom. '70s ?  Early '80s ?
>
> My own feeling is that either form is precisely as harmless as the
> hallowed and archaic "Good day !"  They've never bugged me.
>
> Now, smiley faces. *They* bug me !
>
> JL
>
> sagehen <sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM> wrote:
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> I can't remember when or where I first heard the now-ubiquitous "have a
> good day" (& minor variations, as "have a good un") following every
> transaction. Perhaps it hasn't supplanted the " y'all come back now" of
> other regions, but it is heard on all sides in the northeast. Did this
> come from tv?
> A. Murie
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> A&M Murie
> N. Bangor NY
> sagehen at westelcom.com
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Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
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