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Olya
Hi everyone :) Farewell and goodbye - are these the same? We're closing one project and a header for the news is needed. Is it ok to say "Farewell Chat Widget!" or does it sound odd? Thank you!
22 apr. 2022 10:12
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If the project is called 'Chat Widget' it's ok.
22 april 2022
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"Goodbye" is the common, ordinary, standard word. "Farewell" is old-fashioned. It is formal and dignified. It is sometimes used in a slightly joking way, because you are using nineteenth-century language in the twenty-first century. "Farewell, Chat Widget" sounds informal and jokey. It might be a good choice if your news story is written in a friendly, conversational tone. I would put a comma after the word "Farewell."
22 april 2022
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A slight difference, depending on what you want to express. Farewell, you are parting with someone or something and it is like a well wishing occasion, party, speech, expression of or a gesture of appreciation. You can say or organise a farewell party, farewell speech… Whilst goodbye doesn’t convey any well wishing message.
22 april 2022
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