"Good"

maggiebee | 12:48 Sat 15th Jan 2022 | ChatterBank

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When did the word "good" replace fine or well? Listening to the radio and the presenter asks a guest "How are you?". "I'm good" is the response. I want to say "good at what?" Just doesn't sit well with me and I hear it on an almost daily basis. Saturday grump over!

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RainbowRainbow

People talk how they want too. Sounds like they were polite.

gingejbee

Yes, I don't like it, either....along with "for free".
You get something "free" or "for nothing"...Not "for free"!

aelmpvw

'i'm good' wouldn't be my reply to my doctor's question

Arksided

I never really thought about it before but when asked 'how are doing? ' etc.. I often reply with 'I'm good'... is that a bad thing.

William51

I agree with you, it is not good English. Another annoyance for me is people greeting others with Hi, i have picked it up myself do not like it.

Arksided

Nothing wrong with folk saying 'hi' it's when people say 'oi nobhead what are you doing' all the time that gets me ;-)

aelmpvw

'sick' apparently can mean awesome, i'll have to pick my words carefully next time i'm at the doctors

pastafreak

What is good English? What is spoken on the BBC? What was spoken 300 years ago? Isn't language always changing? Do we all speak as our grandparents did? I doubt it.

Sqad

I agree maggie it irritates me also and my guess is that it is of Australian origin.

When people greet you with "how are you?" they don't really mean it in the majority of cases, it being just an opening gambit.

Bobbisox1

I often answer with I’m good, it can mean in health, my mood , how happy I am …..

Bobbisox1

Although mine is ‘I’m good thanks, you?

aelmpvw

i don't answer 'i'm good' simply because i'm not . . .

Bobbisox1

My irritant is ‘my bad’ when someone makes a mistake !

Arksided

For me it's when folk say 'do ya know what I mean' after every sentence.
I think to oneself I have no idea what you've being blathering on about for the last half hour.

maggiebee

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Oh Bobbi, don't get me started on "my bad". My English teacher would be birling if she could hear the way our beautiful language is mangled on a daily basis. I do however understand that language grows and changes, my parents used words that I never use these days.