Sunday, May 20, 2018

A linguistic irritant XLVIII

Actually, the expression, "Have a nice day," doesn't really bother me.  A lot of times, though, I think I prefer former KMOX talk show host Jim White's admonition to callers, "Have any kind of day you want," or sometimes, one sales clerk's sign-off, "Have a good day today and an even better day tomorrow."  I like that one of those expressions puts control in one's own hands, and the other expression offers hope that things will get progressively better.