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Makiasan Posted 13 years ago
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sit down please

When you mean "have a seat", do you say "Sit down, please" to your guest, customer, friend etc?
Isn't this rude?

Thank you.
  

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Makiasan When you mean "have a seat", do you say "Sit down, please" to your guest, customer, friend etc? Customers and friends can require different registers, but 'Have a seat, please' is just an informal form of 'Sit down, please'. ) Makiasan Isn't this rude?

— Mister Micawber

  • Makiasan When you mean "have a seat", do you say "Sit down, please" to your guest, customer, friend etc?
  • Customers and friends can require different registers, but 'Have a seat, please' is just an informal form of 'Sit down, please'.
  • ) Makiasan Isn't this rude?
  • It does not carry any intrinsic rudeness—that is more a function of tone of voice.
  • It is more in the line of a fixed, automatic expression to offer a seat.
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MakiasanWhen you mean "have a seat", do you say "Sit down, please" to your guest, customer, friend etc?
Customers and friends can require different registers, but 'Have a seat, please' is just an informal form of 'Sit down, please'. (Notice that the 'please' is an important addition.)
MakiasanIsn't this rude?
It does not car
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Thank you so much, Mister Micawber! I completely misunderstood these phrases, I thought ' have a seat, please' was a formal form of 'Sit down, please'!!


Maki
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Makiasan I thought ' have a seat, please' was a formal form of 'Sit down, please'!!
I don't think there's really much difference in formality.
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I got it, Mister Micawber. Thank you very much, again!

Maki
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