Have a nice day? No thanks
Dec. 5th, 2002 12:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
almostwittyBBC NEWS |- Have a nice day? No thanks
Brewer’s Dictionary of 20th Century Phrase and Fable recognises that the phrase, which it says originated in 1956 as ‘Have a happy day’ when an LA advertising agency adopted it as their slogan, is a distinctly American phenomenon..
It adds pointedly: “It is also used, rather self-consciously, in the UK, especially by those who wish to let it be known that they are frequent travellers to America.” Ouch.
