Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

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"Good morning"

An invitation to cheer

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Feb 27, 2021
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“Good afternoon” is obsolete. “Good day” is how fancy people dismiss each other on television (emphasis on day). “Goodnight” still works, I guess, for a trailing, slightly formal goodbye after dark, though to use “good evening” as a greeting, assuming you’re not standing behind the hostess station, you need to make it ironic or melodic, give it some win…

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