tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760312748860879433.post1139328053200817455..comments2023-06-24T03:36:00.279-07:00Comments on Digibruce: The End of Hospitality is "Thank You"Bruce LeSourdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08894958853485617396noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760312748860879433.post-54223013048922117582007-03-31T08:06:00.000-07:002007-03-31T08:06:00.000-07:00Actually, the swapping of I and me has gone all th...Actually, the swapping of I and me has gone all the way to "me and Carl went down to the levee". Our seven year-old grandson, who reads and talks at a much higher level than his age, refuses to change that pattern even when we correct him. Why? Because all his friends talk that way too, and I suppose also because it puts "me" first, instead of "you and I".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760312748860879433.post-36296951460734378372007-01-17T17:30:00.000-08:002007-01-17T17:30:00.000-08:00It is the centennial year of You're Welcome. So ni...It is the centennial year of You're Welcome. So nice to see a wickedly wonderful diatribe in its defense against the encroaching, matching Thank Yous!<br /><br />Source for the 1907 remark:<br /><br />http://etymonline.com/?term=welcome<br /><br />My limited experience of other cultures and other languages shows a certain theme to responses to Thank You: de rien, de nada, geen dank (Bitte Schon -- pretend there's an umlaut over that o -- is a bit of a mystery in this context. More like saying please in response to Thank You, which to us is every bit as confusing as having to say A.U.B. every time you offer something, but especially money, in Dutch). Returning to my point, the general idea of a response to expressed gratitude is to minimize (well, I suppose you could reply, you so owe me for this one and I'll be collecting later, but that's hardly the stuff of conventional politeness). The more flowery responses go further: you are welcome is an expression that the giving gave the giver pleasure as well.<br /><br />Perhaps the matched thank you just short cuts that?walkitouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03930811402424070317noreply@blogger.com