do americans say goodbye on the phone in real life?

forge · Post by **forge** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:53 pm

Warminstrel wrote:with a a nice west country accent.

Ironically I read something that said the most likely original American accent would have been quite similar to the west country accent

and Shakespeare apparently sounded loike that n'all, talked aboat combine 'arvesters or Cider or summat

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:20 pm

Me: Wazzup dawg

Friend: whuuuut uuuuup?

Me: nothin' chillin, waz crackin'

friend: nothing, chillin, whut up wit you!

Me: ah man laying low, trying to do that, you?

friend: I'm at the spot right now, what up wit you?

Me: you know, chilling right now, let me call you back.

Friend: aight, hit me later

Me: aight, peace dawg

That's how 90% of my phone calls go.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:21 pm

Everything you see on US TV is exactly how it is in real life. Every show is in fact a documentary or reality show. I'm sure it's similar in other countries.

Good bye.

forge · Post by **forge** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:22 pm

djadonis206 wrote: Friend: aight, hit me later

Me: aight, peace dawg
.

yes well this I can 'dig'

but on TV they just come to some kind of vague end of the conversation then hang up

it's just not on.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:23 pm

beats me wrote:Everything you see on US TV is exactly how it is in real life. Every show is in fact a documentary or reality show.

You're FIRED, bitch.

b0unce · Post by **b0unce** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:23 pm

djadonis206 wrote:Me: Wazzup dawg

Friend: whuuuut uuuuup?

Me: nothin' gorging on cheeseburgers, waz crackin'

friend: nothing, chewin, whut up wit you!

Me: ah man fillin my mouth with cheeseburgers, extra mayo, you?

friend: I'm at burger king right now, what up wit you?

Me: you know, chewing them cheeseburgers, let me call you back.

Friend: aight, let's feed some cows their own brains later and cook it's calf on a cheap BBQ

Me: aight, peace dawg

That's how 90% of american calls go.

fix'd, dog

bosonHavoc · Post by **bosonHavoc** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:30 pm

Meef Chaloin wrote:
nebulae wrote:I like to say goodbye to everyone except my 6-year-old son. The reason I hang up on him, especially during a really cute-mid-sentence, preferably when he's telling me something cool about the day, or possibly even while he's saying he loves me, is that I want to harden him up and prepare him for the long night ahead that we call life, and all of its never-ending utter disappointments.
haha break em when they're young

lol

i got one for ya.. ask your kid to pay rent and when he doesn't come up with the money kick him out of the house.....

he'll be hard like Chuck D

ThrowAway · Post by **ThrowAway** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:43 pm

Poster wrote:

another one, which I experienced a lot of times with both UK and US people,

when they call you, but need to speak to another person in the office, they don't say their name..

so..

trrrrring..

hello, Poster speaking,

ooh hi, can I speak colleague X ?

yeah.. who the feck can I say is calling?

If im calling someone in a office 90% of the time Im either checking up on their progress of work there doing for me or collecting money. 9% Im calling a girlfriend or friend. either case most of the time I either dont want the person Im calling for to know who it is before i speak with them or I dont want them to know my friends are receiving personal calls at work.

ThrowAway · Post by **ThrowAway** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:46 pm

nebulae wrote:I like to say goodbye to everyone except my 6-year-old son. The reason I hang up on him, especially during a really cute-mid-sentence, preferably when he's telling me something cool about the day, or possibly even while he's saying he loves me, is that I want to harden him up and prepare him for the long night ahead that we call life, and all of its never-ending utter disappointments.

damn your mean.

OvertoneZero · Post by **OvertoneZero** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:03 pm

I don't say goodbye to people who I talk to constantly like on a daily basis, maybe 'I'll see you in a bit' or something like that but I say goodbye to people who I talk to less frequently than that.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:24 pm

OvertoneZero wrote:I don't say goodbye to people who I talk to constantly like on a daily basis, maybe 'I'll see you in a bit' or something like that but I say goodbye to people who I talk to less frequently than that.

I think the point is that there is a definite ending to the convo and that ending is acknowledged as opposed to on TV where it isn't.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:24 pm

ThrowAway wrote:
nebulae wrote:I like to say goodbye to everyone except my 6-year-old son. The reason I hang up on him, especially during a really cute-mid-sentence, preferably when he's telling me something cool about the day, or possibly even while he's saying he loves me, is that I want to harden him up and prepare him for the long night ahead that we call life, and all of its never-ending utter disappointments.
damn your mean.

I'll be nicer when the little freeloader starts pulling his weight.

audiovoid · Post by **audiovoid** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:08 am

What a funny thread.
I always say Bye when I'm getting off of the phone but I've noticed the same thing in movies.
You know what else I always notice and always annoys me? Is how in every single movie when Lightening Strikes, the thunder sound hits.
There's only one reason why you would ever hear thunder and see a flash at the exact time and thats when the cloud is directly over you. And the thunder roar is deafening and rumbling your shit. ha

cacti · Post by **cacti** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:11 am

i dont say literally "goobye" but i say htings like peace, later, etc...

forge · Post by **forge** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:20 am

audiovoid wrote:What a funny thread.
I always say Bye when I'm getting off of the phone but I've noticed the same thing in movies.
You know what else I always notice and always annoys me? Is how in every single movie when Lightening Strikes, the thunder sound hits.
There's only one reason why you would ever hear thunder and see a flash at the exact time and thats when the cloud is directly over you. And the thunder roar is deafening and rumbling your shit. ha

also, do people really order by saying "Yeah Gimme a beer" or whatever they're ordering?

maybe what's happening is that's how everyone carries on in Hollywood and they've forgotten how real people live think that's how everyone is

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