Date:  Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:44:15 +0000
From:  Lynne Murphy <M_Lynne_Murphy[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BAYLOR.EDU>
Subject: Re: good travel

Kusujiro Miyoshi wrote:
>
>  I'm teaching English at Junior College in Japan. Quite recently
> one of my students said that she heard an American lady said "have
> a good travel" in the sense that "spend as much time as possible for
> traveling." Is this common among the Americans? I myself have
> thought this expression just means "have a pleasant travel without
> any accident."


i don't believe any native speaker of american english would say this.
she probably said "have a good trip" or "have a good vacation" or
something like that, since "travel" is not a count noun. i would
interpret "good" here as meaning "pleasant", but sometimes "pleasant"
means "long", when you're talking about traveling.

lynne
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M. Lynne Murphy
Assistant Professor in Linguistics
Department of English
Baylor University
PO Box 97404
Waco, TX 76798