Whatever happened to "YOU'RE WELCOME"? Has "NO PROBLEM" replaced it?

by Terry 24 Replies latest jw friends

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  talesin

  Just a change in expressions. I don't mind the 'np', as I think it's as genuine as 'yw'.

  I have my own bug, though. Instead of hello, people say "Hi, how are you?" and don't want a real answer. They expect the standard "Fine, thank you.", and then carry on. Give them a *real* answer, like "oh, I'm having a great day shopping, how is your day?", or "Well, my dog died yesterday and I'm real sad". This is often the response:

  If ya don't wanna know, don't ask me! (and that's *my* old fuddy-duddyism) : D
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  breakfast of champions

  I believe French has "pas de probleme" too.

  Also "de rien" or "its nothing."
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  talesin

  Younger people say things differently than oldz. Case in point: "the authorities". Under 60 simply say, "the police".

  Or 'the cops', or 'I smell bacon'. :)

  (I'm a boomer, and would never call cops an authority - the horror! But I'm a rebellious, anarchist hippy who hasn't given up her ideals.)
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  Finkelstein

  The thing that gets my goat sometimes is when you purchase something and when your about to leave after the transaction, the teller comes out with a programmed have a nice day with such a unemotional mechanical expression.

  This is what they are instructed to say at every buying transaction, that it rolls off their mouth like a boring Yawn.
  
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  sparrowdown

  Sorry Terry, couldn't resist.

  
  
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  Terry

  That's a good likeness. Those damned clouds!
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  sparrowdown

  Nah, your way hotter! Don't sell yourself short.
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  InChristAlone

  I still can't get used to the employees at Chic-Fil-A who say, "My pleasure" instead of "You're welcome."
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  Finkelstein

  Hey watzzuzp ?

  Catch you later.
  
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  Lieu

  My pleasure & you're welcome mean the exact same thing. (If you know anything about word origins)

  Welcome is a construct of Old English meaning pleasing.