Words Rarely Heard Anymore

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

"You're welcome," as a response to me saying "Thank you."

All I get is "No problem!"

Except at Chick-fil-A, where I get "My pleasure!"

lol oh that'll get the tongues wagging. That is largely a generational shift and a generational assumption off of what the two phrases are implying.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I have a friend in the UK who calls sneakers/tennis shoes "plimsoles."

oohhh that's interesting

 

[JimMIA]

lol oh that'll get the tongues wagging. That is largely a generational shift and a generational assumption off of what the two phrases are implying.

Exactly. To me (old fart), "No problem" translates as "You didn't inconvenience me much!"

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Exactly. To me (old fart), "No problem" translates as "You didn't inconvenience me much!"

As I said an assumption off what the two phrases are implying

 

[tzolkin]

"You're welcome," as a response to me saying "Thank you."

All I get is "No problem!"

It's odd that you would feel slighted by someone saying "no problem". The intention of using the phrase is to be friendly and to make the "thanker" feel at ease.

I know this difference tends to be generational, but I wish people would look at the intent behind it before assuming young people are just rude. They believe that saying "you're welcome" is actually presumptuous and they are actively trying to avoid giving off the impression of "yeah, you should thank me." By substituting "no problem" they are responding "it was no burden at all to help you. You deserve my assistance and I'm happy to provide it. No thanks are necessary."

 

[Tink-osophy]

"You're welcome," as a response to me saying "Thank you."

All I get is "No problem!"

Except at Chick-fil-A, where I get "My pleasure!"

To me, 'you're welcome' and 'no problem' say the same thing - happy with either. 'My pleasure' is another level, though - nice to hear that.

I think most people use the terms interchangeably, but there is a subtle difference in the two terms that is understood. "Garbage" tends to be more "gross" (rotting food, diapers, etc) and "trash" is more generalized waste (packaging, broken items, etc). For example, someone who most often uses the term "trash" may say "I'm glad tomorrow is trash day. This kitchen garbage stinks, it needs to go to the bin outside". We also use the term "garbage truck" not "trash truck" because it tends to smell and there's all sorts of gross stuff mixed together in there.

Thanks for that; I've always wondered.



P.S. Generally, in the UK, plimsolls are different from trainers. They're smaller, lighter, usually plain black and often worn in primary/grade school for phys ed. Plimsolls are also known as pumps or daps.

 

[T-Daddy]

trousers

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

It's odd that you would feel slighted by someone saying "no problem". The intention of using the phrase is to be friendly and to make the "thanker" feel at ease.

I know this difference tends to be generational, but I wish people would look at the intent behind it before assuming young people are just rude. They believe that saying "you're welcome" is actually presumptuous and they are actively trying to avoid giving off the impression of "yeah, you should thank me." By substituting "no problem" they are responding "it was no burden at all to help you. You deserve my assistance and I'm happy to provide it. No thanks are necessary."

I know it's odd right!?

When saying "no problem" they are actually attempting to show more consideration towards the person and not less and that they are taking on more of the helping viewpoint but somehow the assumption is the opposite.

 

[JimMIA]

'My pleasure' is another level, though - nice to hear that.

Yep. The other one that I like, which I've been hearing more from waitstaff lately, is "That's what I'm here for." To me, that not only says "You're welcome," but also indicates the person enjoys their job.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

"swell"
"so's your old man"


Yes, sir, we've got trouble (Trouble!)! Right here in River City (right here!). With a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for "pool" (that stands for pool!)!

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I have no, er, problem with "no problem." And I'm a politeness stickler. Also, "my bad" in place of "excuse me/oops/sorry" doesn't bug me either, especially when younger people are using the terms in order to be polite. Niceties are always welcome, however they're put.

 

[OrangeBirdGirl]

I still call microwavable foods in general "TV Dinners". I call our living room the front room. But the way we say it, it doesn't sounds like "Front Room" it more sounds like "Fronch Room"

 

[notatallmagic]

How about the wonderful phrase, "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all?"

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Sometimes I'll slip and show my age and call the living room the 'parlor.' In South Philadelphian, it's pronounced "Pahler."

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

warsh is big in Akrin, I cant even say wash, it comes out Warsh

When you're done with that R in Warsh, can Massachusetts have it? They seem to be missing one from "ca"

 

[Lehuaann]

Perhaps a poor choice of words, but I thought Jim’s point was words rarely used anymore.

“You’re Welcome” seems to have somewhat been replaced with other responses, great ones (“no problem” “absolutely“) and text-speak (“mm-hmm“).

 

[tzolkin]

Exactly. To me (old fart), "No problem" translates as "You didn't inconvenience me much!"

To younger people it actually translates the exact opposite.

"No problem" means "you didn't inconvenience me at all. Happy to help. No thanks needed" It was literally no problem

"You're welcome" tends to translate as condescending. "You inconvenienced me. I went out of my way to help you so I deserve your thanks".

 

[Lehuaann]

Lickin’ (spanking)

Where’s that ducking smiley

 

[person]

To younger people it actually translates the exact opposite.

"No problem" means "you didn't inconvenience me at all. Happy to help. No thanks needed" It was literally no problem

"You're welcome" tends to translate as condescending. "You inconvenienced me. I went out of my way to help you so I deserve your thanks".

YW can also be an almost thoughtless verbal reaction with little significant meaning.

 

[AppleDumpling]

trousers

Yep, and another one my mom used, that for some reason always made me chuckle:
slacks

Trousers, however, is the common UK usage. And they use pants for underwear/underpants.