I love "cheers".losthighway wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:57 pm I have a recurring temptation to use the UK expression "Cheers" in certain exchanges. It has a certain tonal and communication impact that is ideal. Dude buys a shirt from the merch table, "cheers". Customer service person realizes a mistake and gives a discount, cheers. Something about being the American guy saying this makes me feel like I'm that guy when I do it. "Thanks" just doesn't get the same work done.
One step further sometimes the Spaniard's "vale" seems the ideal way to combine "It's a deal" with "right on". I'm certain it doesn't sound as cool to spaniards as it does to me. I'm definitely not about to drop it in an English conversation with a stranger, it just feels like the best word. This is the allure of other culture's communication.
Japanese is the king of snappy, jolly expressions like that. Saying ohayô as your morning greeting really sounds like you're bouncing out of bed with arms outstretched, sunbeams falling on your face. And their yosh for "allrighty then" captures the right mood like nothing else.
