@Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • edit-21 year 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-square104fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1148arrow-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-21 year agomessage-square104fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDigital MarklinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoMost languages respond something like “it’s nothing”, de nada. English is a little weird saying “welcome”.
minus-square@laughingsquirrel@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink4•1 year agoWell, in German we say “bitte” or “gern geschehen”, which is close to the “welcome”. Of course, people can and do also say “kein Problem”. I guess in my experience it depends on how I feel about the task and the person I did it for.
minus-square@toastal@lemmy.mllinkfedilink2•1 year agoThai/Lao is ไม่เป็นไร/ບໍ່ເປັນຫຍັງ translated as (implied subject “it”) + negation marker + copula + anything or “it’s nothing”
Most languages respond something like “it’s nothing”, de nada. English is a little weird saying “welcome”.
Well, in German we say “bitte” or “gern geschehen”, which is close to the “welcome”. Of course, people can and do also say “kein Problem”. I guess in my experience it depends on how I feel about the task and the person I did it for.
Thai/Lao is ไม่เป็นไร/ບໍ່ເປັນຫຍັງ translated as (implied subject “it”) + negation marker + copula + anything or “it’s nothing”