‖goeie môre, phrase

/xuɪə ˈmɔːrə/
Forms:
Formerly also goede morgen, gut morgen.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, adaptation of Dutch goeden (attributive form of goed) good + morgen morning.
A greeting, ‘good morning’; môre sense 1. Also attributive.
1841 B. Shaw Memorials 64He smiled as I saluted him, ‘goede morgen Mynheer,’ (good morning, sir).
1876 F. Boyle Savage Life 169First came a fat man, all whiskers and paunch, rigged like a Dutch Falstaff, in straw hat and veldt schoen. ‘Goede morgen baas,’ I said, and ‘Goede morgen,’ he muttered.
1882 J. Nixon Among Boers 84The farmer generally came to wish us ‘gut morgen’, and if we understood Dutch I have no doubt we should have been invited inside the house in most cases.
1920 R.Y. Stormberg Mrs Pieter de Bruyn 40He walked briskly up to a pile of linen in a darkened corner, trying vaguely to shake hands with it and saying cheerily, ‘Goei’e more, Mrs. Marais!’
1973 Y. Burgess Life to Live 9She..seemed to be looking up at him as she pointed to the notice and said ‘Goeie more’, which is to say, good morning.
1973 F. Chisholm in Cape Times 4 Aug. 8We’ve had quite a bit lately about the long-winded ‘Joe Soap and Co., good morning, goeie môre’ greeting. Now let’s hear what the busy telephonist has to say.
1988 A. Kenny in Frontline Apr. 21There is a conspicuous lack of Platteland courtesy...When you answer a phone and say, ‘Goeie môre’, the invariable response is ‘Wie praat!’ (who’s speaking!).
A greeting, ‘good morning’; môre sense 1. Also attributive.
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