“You Alright?”: Greetings and the Long British Goodbye
How Brits greet people, reply, and take ages to leave.
All 14 phrases
Saying hello5
Answering and pet names3
The long goodbye6
- CheersMeans thanks, bye, or both at once.
- AnywaySignals the chat is ending.
- Right, I'd better make a moveStarts the long British goodbye: I'm leaving, but it might take ten minutes.
- See you laterJust bye.
- Take careA warm goodbye between friends, colleagues or family.
- Ta-raA friendly, informal goodbye, mostly in the North and Midlands.
Check yourself14 questions
Question 1 of 14
'You alright?' as a greeting means...
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About this pack
- Price
- Free
- Account
- Not needed, saved on this device
- Reviews
- 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days later
- Moments
- 8 of 14 phrases have a clip
- Sources
Picked by Talk, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Phrases
- Picked by Talk.
- How Talk picked them
- Part of Talk's themed British life packs. Talk wrote each phrase with what it really means, when to say it, what not to say instead and one quiz question. A phrase gets a moment only if Talk's spoken videos say it with the same meaning. One review picked each moment, and a second tried to reject it. This pack holds 14 phrases.
- Licence
- Talk shares this list under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Meanings and examples
- Written by Talk in plain English.
- Dictionary details
- From Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Princeton WordNet, used under the WordNet licence. WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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