Goodbye

[Jonaitis]

I didn't know this...

"Goodbye” comes from the term “Godbwye” a contraction of the phrase “God be with ye”. Depending on the source, the contraction seems to have first popped up somewhere between 1565 and 1575. The first documented use of the “Godbwye” appeared in a letter English writer and scholar Gabriel Harvey wrote in 1573. In it, he wrote, “To requite your gallonde of godbwyes, I regive you a pottle of howdyes.” As time went on, it is believed the phrase was influenced by terms like “good day” and “good evening”, transitioning then from “god be with ye” to god-b’wye to good-b’wy and finally ending in today’s blessing of goodbye.

Source for the above here (I don't agree with the site or everything the article says, Christian discretion is advised)

 

[Not David]

I didn't know this...





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"Goodbye” comes from the term “Godbwye” a contraction of the phrase “God be with ye”. Depending on the source, the contraction seems to have first popped up somewhere between 1565 and 1575. The first documented use of the “Godbwye” appeared in a letter English writer and scholar Gabriel Harvey wrote in 1573. In it, he wrote, “To requite your gallonde of godbwyes, I regive you a pottle of howdyes.” As time went on, it is believed the phrase was influenced by terms like “good day” and “good evening”, transitioning then from “god be with ye” to god-b’wye to good-b’wy and finally ending in today’s blessing of goodbye.

Source for the above here (I don't agree with the site or everything the article says, Christian discretion is advised)

Is this a clickbait?

 

[Jonaitis]

Is this a clickbait?

Haha! That wasn't my first intention in posting this, but when I thought about the title I laughed to myself. I learned about this watching a video Sunday when an atheist and preacher were departing, the preacher said that goodbye comes from 'God be with ye.'

 

[Jonaitis]

Did anyone think this was interesting at all?

 

[Petros2015]

Did anyone think this was interesting at all?

I did - loved it, thanks for sharing, I might repost elsewhere

 

[A Realist]

Howdy!

 

[Knee V]

Did anyone think this was interesting at all?

Very much so!

I am an etymology nut, and this is a point that I have encountered before. But that doesn't take any of the richness away from me when seeing someone else talk about it, and it makes me happy to see someone else discover it.

 

[Knee V]

As a side note, many people like to talk about languages like Greek or Latin or Syriac and others being "Christian" languages, but they neglect to include English in that list (although I refuse to acknowledge that there can be such a thing as a "Christian language", but I know what they mean). The English language has been colored and flavored by Christianity and pious Christians for as long as it has existed, and there are SO many words and phrases that have come to us because it was spoken by so many Christian folk trying to live out the Gospel in their daily lives.

"Goodbye" is just one of many examples.

 

[~Anastasia~]

Very much so!

I am an etymology nut, and this is a point that I have encountered before. But that doesn't take any of the richness away from me when seeing someone else talk about it, and it makes me happy to see someone else discover it.

This.

I knew this, but still like to be reminded or see someone else discover it.

 

[GodLovesCats]

As a side note, many people like to talk about languages like Greek or Latin or Syriac and others being "Christian" languages, but they neglect to include English in that list (although I refuse to acknowledge that there can be such a thing as a "Christian language", but I know what they mean). The English language has been colored and flavored by Christianity and pious Christians for as long as it has existed, and there are SO many words and phrases that have come to us because it was spoken by so many Christian folk trying to live out the Gospel in their daily lives.

"Goodbye" is just one of many examples.

Obviously Hebrew is a Jewish language that later became imjportant to Christianity Greek is considered a
Christian language only because of its use to write the New Testament if at all. I do not consider Greek to be a "Christian language" in the context of your post. Nor do I believe this about Latin, which is used a lot more by scientists and medical people than Catholic priests. English is a translated language, not original, if you go back as far as the first Bible copies.

There is one language that can be identified as such: Aramaic. This is the language Jesus mostly spoke in and a variation of Hebrew/Israelite.

 

[Jonaitis]

As a side note, many people like to talk about languages like Greek or Latin or Syriac and others being "Christian" languages, but they neglect to include English in that list (although I refuse to acknowledge that there can be such a thing as a "Christian language", but I know what they mean). The English language has been colored and flavored by Christianity and pious Christians for as long as it has existed, and there are SO many words and phrases that have come to us because it was spoken by so many Christian folk trying to live out the Gospel in their daily lives.

"Goodbye" is just one of many examples.

I like this!

Christianity has indeed influenced the English tongue for centuries.

 

[ripple the car]

Did anyone think this was interesting at all?

I did! And when I saw the thread title, I was like "Nooooo, Jonaitis, don't get sick of us and leave!", then realized it was about language.

 

[GodLovesCats]

I almost did not click on the title because I thought it is about someone leaving.

 

[SamsonXX]

Jesus even loves Cats.


I despise the creatures.

 

[Knee V]

Jesus even loves Cats.


I despise the creatures.

As do I!

 

[ripple the car]

As do I!

But lemme at a dog.... Two hours later, still petting it, and telling it what a good boy it is. And how soft it is.

"Who's a good boy? Who's a soft, soft puppy dog?"

 

[Knee V]

But lemme at a dog.... Two hours later, still petting it, and telling it what a good boy it is. And how soft it is.

"Who's a good boy? Who's a soft, soft puppy dog?"

I am very much a dog person, and love my English Mastiff.

 

[ripple the car]

I am very much a dog person, and love my English Mastiff.

Sounds adorable and huge!

 

[Knee V]

Sounds adorable and huge!

She's ten months.

 

[ripple the car]

She's ten months.

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Oh, what a cutie! "Who's a good girl?! Who's a soft, soft mastiff?!"