See you later alligator…

Ten years ago I did a summer course in the south of England, in a city called Bournemouth and I stayed with a family there. Every morning, after saying goodbye to them, I went to my school of English. But, one day, instead of saying goodbye, I said: : “See you later” and then, my landlady answered: “alligator”; “On a while, crocodile”, her husband added. I was very surprised with this expression and we laughed altogether. Then they explained that it was an expression they used with their grandchildren when they came to visit them.

I found it very funny and, from that day, we said goodbye each other in this way. Nowadays, when I write a letter to them, I use to finish it with this expression: “See you later alligator...”