@Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • edit-22 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-square190fedilinkarrow-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-22 months agomessage-square190fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@CanadaPluslink2•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-squareapotheotic(she/they)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.