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Dhalgren Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 08:29 AM
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30. "Criminey?" I like that!
Look, a stranger giving you the "Have a blessed day" line is not a blessing. The poor sap uttering this inanity may not be aware of it, but it is a "sign phrase". It isn't, "God bless you." It isn't, "Have a nice day." It is a terminology used to impart "condition" - of the speaker and of the recipient. It is very similar to the "Heil Hitler" of Nazi usage. The "Heiler" was making a statement about his/her "condition" and was awaiting the conditioned response of "community". Again, the speaker in question may not have been aware of this phraseology and it's source, she may have just been parroting what she has heard, but then that's why it is used...
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