Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amdcad!amd!dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw From: rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Don't mention it Message-ID: <232@ptsfc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 16:27:08 EST Article-I.D.: ptsfc.232 Posted: Fri Dec 7 16:27:08 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 02:12:04 EST References: <11800001@acf4.UUCP> Reply-To: rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 13 In article <11800001@acf4.UUCP> wkk5231@acf4.UUCP writes: >When Alan Turing was in the U.S. in the late thirties he wrote home >complaining of Americans' speech habits. Among the things that annoyed >him was the reply "you're welcome" to "thank you." >What was he used to hearing instead? "don't mention it!".....................you're welcome, -- Rod Williams dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so"