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Different answers to thank you<\/em> were the subject matter of a guest lecture at the university. I was surprised about the sheer range of options: (you’re) welcome, (it’s a) pleasure, (it’s) alright, don’t mention it, don’t worry, any time, sure, yeah, okay <\/em>and – thank you<\/em>. In a short survey, which he himself had carried out, the researcher found that welcome <\/em>was more frequently used in New York City than in Vancouver and no problem <\/em>and thank you<\/em> were more frequently used in Vancouver than in New York City. He also found that there were non-verbal answers such as mmhm<\/em> or just a smile or a gesture. In previous research, which was based on questionnaires and not on interviews, these options had not even been considered. Nobody writes mmhm <\/em>into a blank space on a questionnaire. He also reported that when he asked an American friend what she would say in such a situation she said: “I’d say welcome <\/em>… At least I think I would … At least I hope I would.”\u00a0 A clear indication that speakers, when asked what they say, are likely to say what they think they say and what they think they ought to say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Different answers to thank you were the subject matter of a guest lecture at the university. I was surprised about the sheer range of options: (you’re) welcome, (it’s a) pleasure, (it’s) alright, don’t mention it, don’t worry, any time, sure, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[589,466,28,439],"tags":[1509,1652,197,1649,1651,1650],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4434"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10862,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434\/revisions\/10862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}