Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-25 months agoWhat happened to "You're welcome!" as a response to "Thank You"? It's not even included in the canned answers on an apple watch. Have we as a society abandoned it?message-squaremessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down135file-text
arrow-up1174arrow-down1message-squareWhat happened to "You're welcome!" as a response to "Thank You"? It's not even included in the canned answers on an apple watch. Have we as a society abandoned it?Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-25 months agomessage-square192fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 months agoHmm, honestly the word itself is uncommon now, at least where I live. I wonder if that’s related. To me, by default “welcome” means to a place. “You’re welcome to the cookies” sounds archaic or British or something.
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months ago“Archaic or British” as a Brit, losing my mind at how accurate this is
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoSort of. Fun fact, pronunciation-wise, American English is actually more conservative. Liz the first probably sounded like a yank. You can find recordings of very old British speakers where, to my ear at least, it’s noticeable.
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoOh, yeah, I’m quite aware of this fact. Blew my mind when I found out the first time.
Hmm, honestly the word itself is uncommon now, at least where I live. I wonder if that’s related.
To me, by default “welcome” means to a place. “You’re welcome to the cookies” sounds archaic or British or something.
“Archaic or British” as a Brit, losing my mind at how accurate this is
Sort of. Fun fact, pronunciation-wise, American English is actually more conservative. Liz the first probably sounded like a yank.
You can find recordings of very old British speakers where, to my ear at least, it’s noticeable.
Oh, yeah, I’m quite aware of this fact. Blew my mind when I found out the first time.