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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I hear "No problem" far more often.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Hmm, honestly the word itself is uncommon now, at least where I live. I wonder if that's related.

To me, by default "welcome" means to a place. "You're welcome to the cookies" sounds archaic or British or something.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"Archaic or British" as a Brit, losing my mind at how accurate this is

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Sort of. Fun fact, pronunciation-wise, American English is actually more conservative. Liz the first probably sounded like a yank.

You can find recordings of very old British speakers where, to my ear at least, it's noticeable.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

Oh, yeah, I'm quite aware of this fact. Blew my mind when I found out the first time.