Goodbye

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How many ways, in English, is there to say "goodbye"?

See you later, cheerio, tood-a-loo, ta-ra...

Personally, I find tood-a-loo ridiculous.
 
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"Now is the time to say goodbye

Now is the time to yield a sigh,

Now is the time to went awaaaay,

Until we meet again some sunny day.

Goodbye, goodbye...."
 
PS. Who says it not English - "They" do. That's who.

And I don't trust "the man". I reckon they are English but they've been lying to us all these years.
 
I was going to add "F*ck off" but that's not so much a farewell as a dismissal.

Scottish: Ah'm offski.
 
Slan agus beannacht, is not English, but would be the way we would say it if you had not colonised us, and raped our land of our ancient language.
 
Of course tood-a-loo is ridiculous, Phil. It's toodle-oo. Please, let's have the facts right before we castigate innocent little phrases. To be absolutely top hole, it should be followed by 'old bean', 'old girl', or 'old chap'. Very Noel Coward, dahling.

So long
Bye-bye/byeeee
Catch you later (? why? If I'm falling, catch me NOW!)
See you
Take care
'Bye for now
Ta-ta/ta-ta for now
Ta-ra (Scouse)
T'ra fer now, dook (Midlands)
T'ra fer now, chook (Derby/Lincs)
See you soon
Look after yourself/yourselves
Cheers
Laters... h:)
 
Missing you already
Same time next week?
"Next" is as good as goodbye when one is auditioning.
 
Not that it's like me to be pedantic, but strictly speaking toodle-oo is not English. It's a bastardised, Anglicised version of the French tout à l'heure which means "presently" or "see you soon".
 
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