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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
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Posted: Fri Dec  7 16:27:08 1984
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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"