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PonyFan Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Remain vs keep

Are there any differences between 'Keep calm, everybody.' and 'Remain calm, everybody.'? Thanks in advance!
  

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It would depend where in the world you live. 'Stay calm' and 'Remain calm' imply that the audience is already calm, but that there is a disturbance or alarm which is to be ignored. However, 'Keep calm' may bring back memories of a series of British movies by the 'Carry On Gang'.

— Wilpeter

  • It would depend where in the world you live.
  • 'Stay calm' and 'Remain calm' imply that the audience is already calm, but that there is a disturbance or alarm which is to be ignored.
  • However, 'Keep calm' may bring back memories of a series of British movies by the 'Carry On Gang'.
  • There's also a series of mugs that souvenir shops in England sell that say "Keep Calm and Carry On".
  • I would avoid 'Keep calm' for those reasons.
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It would depend where in the world you live. 'Stay calm' and 'Remain calm' imply that the audience is already calm, but that there is a disturbance or alarm which is to be ignored. However, 'Keep calm' may bring back memories of a series of British movies by the 'Carry On Gang'. There's also a series of mugs that souvenir shops in England sell that say "Keep Calm and Carry On". I would avoid '
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I don't know anybody who associates 'keep calm' with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_(franchise) films. Theywords might bring to mind thehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Calm_and_Carry_On poste
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