"Good on them" or "Good for them," which is correct?

[HFishbine]

I've never heard or read "good on them" until I started visiting DU. Is it a regional thing, a generational thing or a flat out misuse?

[truthspeaker]

1. "Good on them" is British, "Good for them" is American.

So it's "regional", in a sense.

[HFishbine]

2. Ah, the Brits.

That explains it. They're always mangling the English language.

[enki23]

3. do you take vitamins because they're good on you?

.

[HFishbine]

5. Ha!

I wasn't talking about jerseys on a sports team, lets say, which may look "good on them," but rather as a compliment for someone's actions: "They saved a kid from drowning. Good on them."

[BringEmOn]

4. The SI Swimsuit models...what would look good on them?

Me!

[NewHampshireDem]

6. Me!

:toast:

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. About 25 pounds and real boobs. But that's just me.

Now THIS was a swimsuit model:



http://us.geocities.com/bettiesbikinis/

[Rowdyboy]

8. I'd been wondering where that strange usage came from

thanks for posting this thread. Now I know.

[LDS Jock]

9. I still haven't heard it

Guess I missed those threads.

[Redbear]

10. The southern version

is "good on 'em."

I've noticed Molly Ivins use it frequently.