Havva guhwon. (Sometimes the “guh” part sounds like there’s a subtle, guttural,”t” at the end of it.)
This seems to be the predominant “polite” send off customer service people give you in South Florida. From banks, to fast food, to grocery stores, to mechanics, to nurses, even doctors, “havva guhwon” is all you hear all day.
Occasionally I’m told to have a “great one,” which makes the possibilities for the rest of the day seem exciting! But mostly I’m only entitled to a “good” one.
There’s a girl at the Publix that tells me to “have a wonderful day,” but she seems high on some sort of goofball. She really gets in your aura and would probably be sincerely upset if you told her the next day that yesterday wasn’t wonderful. (She could be a meme.)
But, somehow, South Florida has had a meeting and they’ve all agreed that “havva guhwon” is what they will all say.
It’s disturbing.
What’s the usual send off in your area?
Here in New York’s Scenic Hudson Valley, it’s “Have a nice day!”
Have a good day, have a good night, or take care! [Las Vegas]
And yeah, it’s “Haa guut one” in Flarda. LOL.
In Californication, it’s “later”.
Tsunami- “Later, holmes” lol
“In Californication, it’s “later”.”
Havva guhwon is so 90’s.
Do they still greet people in South Florida with, “Hey, man…”?
That was standard in Hollywood, FL when I was there in the late 80s & early 90s.
SeeYA!
‘Later’ here too, sometimes you hear ‘take care’.
I say, “It’s a wonderful thing” far too often that it drives my daughter nuts. I actually picked it up from a black friend of mine from Detroit years ago who as an uncurable optimist and a real good guy.
Must be the Bavarian influence in Florida, Fur.
High German is “guten Appetit,” but
in the hills, it’s, “a Guad’n.” (uh GWUD-nn)
I wonder what it is in NYC these days.
In Chicago, it’s probably, “bang! BANG!”
Oh, those wacky Lefties.
Adios MF’er.
Hope you have a great day (sometimes blessed day and sometimes there is a “honey” on the end) here in Alabama.
Off Topic
Dundalk is a part of Baltimore.
This is “The Dundalk Two Step”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYztJld1_p4
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In Minnesota, it’s ‘You Betcha’.
In Wisconsin, it’s ‘It’s beer-thirty’.
Around here it’s “Up your meds”.
In Utah it’s “May the great god, Zoltar, grant you the ability to create universes”.
The one I detest is:
Customer: “Thank you.”
Service Person: “Yeah, no problem.”
What the hell happened to “You’re welcome” or “My pleasure”?
AbigailAdams:
Me: Thank you.
Whoever: No problem.
Me: Glad to hear it.
Anything is better tha AWESOME! Please stop saying awesome to describe every little thing.
Haven’t been able to afford eating where anyone says anything since about 2 years into bammy’s 1st term.
Later bitch
( well not out loud or anything )
Have a gutwhan has crept up to the mid-Atlantic region.
When I say thank you and get the response of ‘no problem’ or ‘no worries’, it bugs me.
At the MdDonald’s near me there are two ladies at the drive-thru who say the same thing, day in and day out: 1) Hava gudday (in perkyspeak), and 2) ThankyousoMAAAAAAAACH!, both uber annoying.
What happened to “Thank you, please come again”?
I get weird looks when using “howdy” for a greeting.
It’s natural for me, disturbing for about 20% of the people.
Those that don’t say a word at all really piss me off. Not even an “eh.” really? I just said ‘good morning’ and you can’t even so much as give a nod or an utterance?
Whatever. My pitty was off leash the other day passing a fat cow on the trail. She says, “that doesn’t make me comfortable.” I said, “I’m not here to comfort you.” What does she expect, 20 pounds dropped on a quarter mile walk? The dog accelerating her heart rate would only help. smh, liberals dripping from the trees.
“Take care.” (Yecch!)
When somebody tells me “Have a good on” I answer “I already do!”
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In Californication, after every question I answer to some millenial, the response is always “Perfect!”. I feel like saying sometimes, “no its not perfect, it just the way it is”.
Rat Fink—
Have a good on.
(That’s actually a very good wish.)
ummmmm…. usually some variation on “fug off”.
“See ya’ in hell” runs a close second.
That’s actually the name of a Pakistani gunman for hire.
His card reads:
Havva Guhwon,
Will travel.
Hafa!
Laters….
Around here, it’s “Have a wonderful day/weekend/holiday/whatever”, or (even worse) have a blessed day.
Blessed by who or what, I always wonder.
I usually mumble “You too” or something insipid, but occasionally I’ll get a pained look on my face and in an aggravated tone, I’ll respond, “Well, O.K. – if I have to.”
🙂
enjoy the rest of your day
I say “Don’t tell me what to do” or “I already did and washed my hands when I finished”.