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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Reply to "thank you" in Britain?

What do most Britons reply to "Thank you"? Just "You're welcome" like in the US?
  

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These days we tend to use "You're welcome'. Incidentally, we tend to refer to ourselves as 'British people' rather than 'Britons'.

  • These days we tend to use "You're welcome'.
  • Incidentally, we tend to refer to ourselves as 'British people' rather than 'Britons'.
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These days we tend to use "You're welcome'.

Incidentally, we tend to refer to ourselves as 'British people' rather than 'Britons'.
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Anonymous What do most Britons reply to "Thank you"? Just "You're welcome" like in the US?
That is fine. Just like in a lot of other situations, there isn't strict a rule about how to use English, in that context. There is no single, expected reply that will be strictly enforced. There are different possible ways to reply that people can choose.
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Good point that I can but accept if you are British. However British newspapers written by British people routinely call British people Britons. Is this newspaper or even tabloids language?

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It's common in newspaper headlines.
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I am not talking about rules, but about frequency. What most people say. Many non-English speakers come to this forum to know what they are most likely to hear. I can tell you that in Spanish we say "De nada" (for nothing). 80% of the the time you are going to hear that in Spanish and I was wondering if there is an equivalent high-frequency answer in Britain just as in the US "You're welcome" is h

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