I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.

  • @mriormro
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    111 year ago

    To me, ‘No problem’ is just short for something like “oh don’t worry about it; it was really no problem at all and I’m happy to help”.

    Colloquialisms are fun like that.

      • @mriormro
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        21 year ago

        Midwest, actually!

    • @scottywh
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      -81 year ago

      The context in which the listener is expected to comprehend communication is important if the speaker hopes for the intended message to actually be communicated.

      If the speaker chooses to ignore how the listener is expected to perceive their communication then I’d say that actual communication was never truly their intent… seems more like linguistic masturbation to me.