Comments on: You Are Welcome to Say “You’re Welcome” http://kevinvandever.com/2009/11/12/you-are-welcome-to-say-youre-welcome/ Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction...or at least great inspiration for it. Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:34:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Kevin Vandever http://kevinvandever.com/2009/11/12/you-are-welcome-to-say-youre-welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Kevin Vandever Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:35:03 +0000 http://kevinvandever.com/?p=375#comment-105 Craig, Great points on American's usage and education of the English language. It sounds as if you took offense to my post. That's cool, except that my intention was not to make fun of Australian's English language skills as much as it was to make fun of American's use of the term, "no worries". Kind of like drinking Foster's beer or eating at Outback steakhouse to feel more "Australian". That was the point I was really intending to make, but did not make well enough. This whole post was more to my opinion on the response to "Thank you" and not about grammatical validity. "No problem" bugs me a little, "no worries" sounds odd to me coming from a non-Australian, as strange as that may seem, and I just happen to like the "you're welcome" response for the reasons mentioned in the original post. I don't mind offending someone if that was my intent, but that was not the case here. My apologies if I offended you. Thank for reading and responding to the post. Kevin. Craig,

Great points on American’s usage and education of the English language. It sounds as if you took offense to my post. That’s cool, except that my intention was not to make fun of Australian’s English language skills as much as it was to make fun of American’s use of the term, “no worries”. Kind of like drinking Foster’s beer or eating at Outback steakhouse to feel more “Australian”. That was the point I was really intending to make, but did not make well enough. This whole post was more to my opinion on the response to “Thank you” and not about grammatical validity. “No problem” bugs me a little, “no worries” sounds odd to me coming from a non-Australian, as strange as that may seem, and I just happen to like the “you’re welcome” response for the reasons mentioned in the original post. I don’t mind offending someone if that was my intent, but that was not the case here. My apologies if I offended you.

Thank for reading and responding to the post.

Kevin.

]]> By: Jennifer Quinn http://kevinvandever.com/2009/11/12/you-are-welcome-to-say-youre-welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Jennifer Quinn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:36:21 +0000 http://kevinvandever.com/?p=375#comment-104 Kevin -- Love it! I prefer You're Welcome as well. I do, however, understand the "Thank YOU" reseponse. If I may? When I go out to lunch with a friend, and I pick up the tab, and she says, "Thank you for lunch." I might say, "Thank YOU for joining me." The "for joining me" might be left unsaid and therefore implied, leaving a simple, "Thank YOU." I do agree with you -- that a far better response might be, "You are so welcome! I had a lovely time, and thank you for joining me." I love that you wrote this blog and brought it to my attention. Thank you, Kevin :-) Kevin — Love it! I prefer You’re Welcome as well. I do, however, understand the “Thank YOU” reseponse. If I may? When I go out to lunch with a friend, and I pick up the tab, and she says, “Thank you for lunch.” I might say, “Thank YOU for joining me.” The “for joining me” might be left unsaid and therefore implied, leaving a simple, “Thank YOU.”

I do agree with you — that a far better response might be, “You are so welcome! I had a lovely time, and thank you for joining me.”

I love that you wrote this blog and brought it to my attention. Thank you, Kevin :-)

]]> By: Craig S. Dickson http://kevinvandever.com/2009/11/12/you-are-welcome-to-say-youre-welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Craig S. Dickson Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:50:32 +0000 http://kevinvandever.com/?p=375#comment-103 Boy I tell ya, nothing makes me giggle more than an American attempting to critique other people's use of the English language, particularly when they are pointing the finger at Australians. Really? No, really? Have you watched American television lately, or talked to a teenage product of the American school system for that matter? You would be better giving up and declaring it to be a new "American" language instead of still trying to call it English. Boy I tell ya, nothing makes me giggle more than an American attempting to critique other people’s use of the English language, particularly when they are pointing the finger at Australians. Really? No, really? Have you watched American television lately, or talked to a teenage product of the American school system for that matter? You would be better giving up and declaring it to be a new “American” language instead of still trying to call it English.

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