Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 15:32:53 -0400

From: CARRIE SUSANN ADDINGTON csaddi01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MOREHEAD-ST.EDU

Subject: Re: thank you . . . thank you



Melissa,

I do agree with your opinion of the absence of "You're welcome" in common

language. When I grew up, I recall hearing that statement in a very

polite manner responsive to every "Thank You" preceding it. I believe

that society today is a little too lax with common use of vocabulary and

the manners that accompany our language. "You're welcome" is a reply of

courtesy that seems to have evaporated along with the sophisticated

atmosphere society used to possess. Again, social influences have

affected linguistics.





Carrie Susann Addington

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