What 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 ( @Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • edit-22 months ago message-square72fedilinkarrow-up1115
arrow-up1115message-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 ( @Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • edit-22 months ago message-square72fedilink
minus-square CanadaPlus ( @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilink2•edit-22 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-square apotheotic(she/they) ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoOh, yeah, I’m quite aware of this fact. Blew my mind when I found out the first time.
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.