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-square189fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up1173arrow-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-square189fedilinkfile-text
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.
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.