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UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
Sometimes I see Cheers as hello and other times I'm pretty sure it means goodbye.
What is it?
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 15:35:15
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bapu
Sometimes I see Cheers as hello and other times I'm pretty sure it means goodbye.
What is it?
Depends on if you're coming or going.
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 15:36:28
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Mesh
bapu
Sometimes I see Cheers as hello and other times I'm pretty sure it means goodbye.
What is it?
Depends on if you're coming or going.
There's my problem in a nutshell. I never know.
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 15:37:17
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2014/09/15 15:38:44
UK-ers never say 'cheers' as 'hello', (at least, I've never heard it), but sometimes 'goodbye', but it really means 'thanks'..or 'good health'..we can't make our minds up..or can we..
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 15:50:03
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UK-ers never say 'cheers' as 'hello', (at least, I've never heard it), but sometimes 'goodbye', but it really means 'thanks'..or 'good health'..we can't make our minds up..or can we..
That's true and exactly right (at least the way I've understood it)...........but, Bapu was asking how " he saw it".... 
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 15:50:06
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Mesh
Depends on if you're coming or going.
bapu
There's my problem in a nutshell. I never know.
One is white, one is yellow. HTH.
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 16:04:10
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This is my understanding:  = 
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 16:11:16
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The usage of cheers probably breaks down to this:
60% - thank you
30% - thank you (sarcastic)
9% - please bang the edge of your glass against mine
1% - Americans using it inappropriately
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 18:31:26
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 Cheers!
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 18:49:45
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sharke
The usage of cheers probably breaks down to this:
60% - thank you
30% -a letter signoff-much cheerier than "Regards"
9% - please bang the edge of your glass against mine
1% - Americans using it inappropriately
cheers(mate)
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 18:50:02
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sharke
The usage of cheers probably breaks down to this:
60% - thank you
30% - thank you (sarcastic)
9% - please bang the edge of your glass against mine
1% - Americans using it inappropriately
Only 1%? Bapu accounts for more than that by himself.
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 19:24:34
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sharke
The usage of cheers probably breaks down to this:
60% - thank you
30% -a letter signoff-much cheerier than "Regards"
9% - please bang the edge of your glass against mine
1% - Americans using it inappropriately
cheers(mate)
To be fair, I think cheers is a direct substitute for thanks in a letter sign off. I end most of my work related emails with thanks, even when it doesn't make sense. Like for instance if the email is just relating a piece of information, I'll end it "thanks," but what am I thanking them for? They should be thanking me. That's the remains of my Englishness coming through. Like apologizing to drivers who hit me in the crosswalk.
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 19:25:09
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sharke
The usage of cheers probably breaks down to this:
60% - thank you
30% - thank you (sarcastic)
9% - please bang the edge of your glass against mine
1% - Americans using it inappropriately
Only 1%? Bapu accounts for more than that by himself.
As of yet his is the only data I have.
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 19:31:08
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Does it ever mean pi$$ off?
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 19:59:46
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Never. 
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 20:37:29
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another theory is "cheers" was invented when two warriors would bang their goblets together as a sign of good faith, ensuring any poison in either would be shared??
cheers,anyway,
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 20:52:15
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Having played darts for over 34 years, I've heard my share of salutations. "Cheers" is WAY better than some of the others ("Peace out" and "Peacers" come immediately to mind - I mean, WTF??? Really?  ).
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2014/09/15 21:17:39
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 21:50:05
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☼ Best Answerby bapu 2014/09/15 21:53:11
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 22:21:05
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Where does "bollocks" fit in the grand scheme of things? Wait, I think I should re-phrase that.
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/15 22:50:59
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Where does "bollocks" fit in the grand scheme of things? Wait, I think I should re-phrase that.
Cod peas?
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/16 00:02:05
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Bollocks is interchangeable with BS, unless they belong to the dog, in which case they're the best thing since sliced bread. British is one of the most complicated languages in the world.
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/16 02:44:01
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So what's next? Fanny or fags (yes, that means cigarettes/smokes in the UK)? 
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/16 03:01:52
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ha-I once worked in a large office in New Jersey and needed an eraser.
needless to say,calling out "anyone got a spare rubber" turned a few heads and added to the "crazy aussie" thing.
while I am at it-you guys-a sandwich is not a bread roll!!
cheers
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/16 04:56:49
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In Honor's Physics, we had an "exchange" professor from the UK. He never could understand what was so funny when he said "Does anyone have a rubber bong?" (which, in America, is called a "cork").
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/16 08:12:45
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'Bung'..rubber bung, not 'bong'.
We call a cork a cork..when it's made from, you know...cork.
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/16 10:08:33
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Of course all this kind of confusion happens among the British themselves too. For instance Geordies use the word "tab" for cigarette, which in other regions could be interpreted as LSD, as in "a tab of acid." Imagine the potential for hilarious mishaps!
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/16 12:03:37
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So what's next? Fanny or fags (yes, that means cigarettes/smokes in the UK)?
True story - in college there was a guy from Kenya where they also used the word that way. One night shortly after we all returned to campus he and I are walking downstairs when we encountered a guy who happened to be named Craig and was a smoker. So he holds out a cigarette he had brought from Kenya to him and utters the words, "Hey Craig, do you want to try a Kenyan fag?". The reaction was truly priceless... 
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/16 13:52:16
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'Bung'..rubber bung, not 'bong'.
We call a cork a cork..when it's made from, you know...cork.
Well, 'is accent was 'orrible too... 
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Re: UK=Cheers =/!= Hawaiians=Aloha - Are they the same?
2014/09/16 15:27:39
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bapu
Does it ever mean pi$$ off?
It can, but you have to follow it with the pronoun of the second person and onanist.
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