Fair Well? Fare Well? Farewell? - Page 2

James_Wilde · 06-03-2013, 01:09 AM

Thanks Jeannie, that's good enough for me.

crich70 · 06-04-2013, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

Fare well to someone who is leaving, I'd say, and Farewell to someone who is staying, said by the person who is leaving. but that's just me.

I think it's a case of "Fare well" being right in cases where a person may fare well (ie do well) at a task and that you say farewell to them (or give them a farewell dinner) if they are going on a journey.

BookCat · 06-06-2013, 07:46 AM

You've probably already decided. As a reader, if a book was set in a medieval period or something like it, I would expect: "fare thee well". The "thee" seems to add a touch of period detail in the linguistics, regardless of whether this is how it should or shouldn't be said.

VydorScope · 06-06-2013, 08:17 AM

Thanks all, I went with "farewell" though I might change that at some point. The time frame of the book is future, but the character is a bit of a throw back. I think using "thee" might be a bit much though.

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06-03-2013, 01:09 AM	#16
James_Wilde Guru Posts: 802 Karma: 4727110 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Iriver Story	Thanks Jeannie, that's good enough for me.

06-06-2013, 07:46 AM	#18
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	You've probably already decided. As a reader, if a book was set in a medieval period or something like it, I would expect: "fare thee well". The "thee" seems to add a touch of period detail in the linguistics, regardless of whether this is how it should or shouldn't be said.

06-06-2013, 08:17 AM	#19
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Thanks all, I went with "farewell" though I might change that at some point. The time frame of the book is future, but the character is a bit of a throw back. I think using "thee" might be a bit much though.

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