We've had Michigan speak and Illinois speak in recent days, so now are you ready for Alabama speak? This afternoon we attended Whitney's
(Mary and Joey's second daughter) college graduation and went out to
eat with about twenty others. As we left no one said "Good-bye," but instead they said "Be careful." Then I realized that is the usual farewell term in these parts. Are we unique or is that a midwest term also?
Miriam/Mim
4 comments:
I do say that when my kids leave the house in the car because I do literally mean, "Be careful!" Otherwise, I don't think I would use it in the situation you described.
"Be careful" is something we always said to our kids when they left the house, but we've never said it to other adults at a social gathering. Must be a southern thing.
Retta and I have been talking about this today, and we hadn't really noticed the "Be careful". After pondering it though, we have realized that our close friends from Church do say "Be Careful" everytime we leave some event or their house. We just assumed it was because they were close friends who cared about our family (and question our "northern" driving abilities). Now, we will pay closer attention to others to see if they say it also.
I think the northern version goes something like this: "See ya later . . .take care".
Cathy
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