587 regional variations in morning greetings
Taking a break from talking about ebikes for a minute. This summer, I've spent time in three far flung places. Massachusetts for most of June. San Francisco for a big chunk of July. And here in Eastern Washington for the rest of it. And in each of those places, I have gone for a morning walk pretty much every day. In each place I have found people greet each other in the morning slightly differently. After nearly 30 years in San Francisco, I'm accustomed to saying "good morning" when I pass someone on the street in the morning. This is a contraction, although it's actually a little longer. The "good" actually stands for "God." "Goodbye" for example, is a shortening of "God be with ye." ("Ye" being old English for "you," not everyone's billionaire punchline.) Okay, let me back up a second. In San Francisco, people who are accustomed to being up in the ...