... and a very good night to you.

LordSutch

The fella who does the sport on the RTE 9 O'Clock news always says 'Good night to you' as a greeting > before he reads the sport! Sometimes he says 'and a very goodnight to you' as he looks into the camera, and sometimes he says goodnight to the newsreader before he starts!

Jump to 13.27sec >>> http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/nine-news-30003250/10636434/

Surely its normal to say goodnight as you part (not as you meet)?

I've never come across it before, hence this post.

Is it the norm to say 'goodnight' as you greet (or part) for the night?

What say you ...

Tornaxx

"Howya!"

ThinkProgress

Goodnight and gawdbless...

Say what now? Who be this gawd you speak of?

No gawd in this foresaken land...

Excuse me while I light my spliff, good gawd I gotta take a lift... :P

JimmysCar

In what language lad?

pickarooney

It sounds bizarre to me too. You say good evening even if it's the 11pm news.
Goodnight is for saying goodbye.
Good night? is said over breakfast

ThinkProgress

Skyfarm

It's 6am and your awake worrying about saying goodnight and the nuances that surround it,regardless of how it reads,I'm glad that somebody says goodnight to those lonely folk that don't have the joy of hearing it in the flesh,besides that,its the last bastion of good manners left on tv,the last thing needed is it to be taken down

HellSquirrel

Norm to say goodnight only as a parting - fine, apart from "Good night?" being asked in the morning, but that's a shade specific!

Still, I like it. Let the fella have his thing.

The flying mouse

That's all we've got time for, so it's "Goodnight" from me.

And it's "Goodnight" from him.

: Goodnight![4]

myshirt

Those RTE staff don't work one more second than they're contracted to, they're out the door bang on knocking off time, and not a second later, that's why he's saying goodnight. They are worse than the ASTI teachers at the moment who are chipping at everything and anything to try squeeze more money out of the taxpayer.

How many of the rest of us would add up all those odd 15 minutes early here and there we were early to our workplace and ask for more money. Watching a few kids 15 minutes before school starts, or waiting on until this presenter finishes his piece, nope nope nope, not doing it without putting the paw out for more cash.

blinding

That would be like saying Cheerio at the wrongest time .