Comments on: Thank You So Much http://quichemoraine.com/2009/11/thank-you-so-much/ We don't need no stinking subtitle Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ceeret http://quichemoraine.com/2009/11/thank-you-so-much/#comment-94289 Ceeret Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:47:19 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1913#comment-94289 This phrase started to bother me recently. I, like you, headed for Google and was very happy to come across your article. I had the illustrious "it's not just me!" moment! Thank you! I agree with everything you say. This phrase started to bother me recently. I, like you, headed for Google and was very happy to come across your article. I had the illustrious “it’s not just me!” moment! Thank you! I agree with everything you say.

]]> By: Secret Shelly http://quichemoraine.com/2009/11/thank-you-so-much/#comment-76782 Secret Shelly Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:08:55 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1913#comment-76782 The equivalent in England seems to be 'Thanks ever so' which is just as infuriating and a sign of the ever increasing laziness that is spreading through the english language. Or as the shop assistance said to me the other day 'ta muchly', real colloquialism from the local area that I live in was again is a shining example of the idleness of the tongue. The equivalent in England seems to be ‘Thanks ever so’ which is just as infuriating and a sign of the ever increasing laziness that is spreading through the english language.
Or as the shop assistance said to me the other day ‘ta muchly’, real colloquialism from the local area that I live in was again is a shining example of the idleness of the tongue.

]]> By: Kim http://quichemoraine.com/2009/11/thank-you-so-much/#comment-69924 Kim Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:39:38 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1913#comment-69924 Thank you so much for posting about this! I noticed this phrase popularized last year as well and just now started googling it to see if I missed some trend. An enlightening post! Thank you so much for posting about this! I noticed this phrase popularized last year as well and just now started googling it to see if I missed some trend. An enlightening post!

]]> By: Mike Haubrich http://quichemoraine.com/2009/11/thank-you-so-much/#comment-12649 Mike Haubrich Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:42:56 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1913#comment-12649 Maybe someone could start a facebook group "Thank You Is Enough." Maybe someone could start a facebook group “Thank You Is Enough.”

]]> By: Tracy Musante http://quichemoraine.com/2009/11/thank-you-so-much/#comment-12646 Tracy Musante Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:04:06 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1913#comment-12646 I'm so relieved that the now ubiquitous, "Thank you so much" is being noticed and commented on. I think it's horrible and always seems to be teeming with insincerity whenever I hear it, which is all the time. Television talk show hosts and news casters seem particularly prone to using it. Oprah and Ellen say it constantly. I observed a woman getting off a bus recently and she turned to the driver and said it. On the first installment of American Idol last night, virtually every single contestant that was sent on to Hollywood said it. Where did this come from? It's a vernacular mystery and travesty and it needs to stop. What happened to a good ol' heartfelt, simple and gracious "Thank you?" I’m so relieved that the now ubiquitous, “Thank you so much” is being noticed and commented on. I think it’s horrible and always seems to be teeming with insincerity whenever I hear it, which is all the time. Television talk show hosts and news casters seem particularly prone to using it. Oprah and Ellen say it constantly. I observed a woman getting off a bus recently and she turned to the driver and said it. On the first installment of American Idol last night, virtually every single contestant that was sent on to Hollywood said it. Where did this come from? It’s a vernacular mystery and travesty and it needs to stop. What happened to a good ol’ heartfelt, simple and gracious “Thank you?”

]]> By: Mike Haubrich http://quichemoraine.com/2009/11/thank-you-so-much/#comment-9747 Mike Haubrich Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:21:41 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1913#comment-9747 Thanks for your assistance in clearing that up, William. I never studied Hamlet well enough, and it has been years since I have seen it done. And you are right, it does fit better. In reading, it really does look sarcastic. Thanks for your assistance in clearing that up, William. I never studied Hamlet well enough, and it has been years since I have seen it done. And you are right, it does fit better. In reading, it really does look sarcastic.

]]> By: AnonCoward23 http://quichemoraine.com/2009/11/thank-you-so-much/#comment-9657 AnonCoward23 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:29:04 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1913#comment-9657 "Thank you /so/ much", at least in reading, sounds actually quite sarcastic... “Thank you /so/ much”, at least in reading, sounds actually quite sarcastic…

]]> By: William of Avon http://quichemoraine.com/2009/11/thank-you-so-much/#comment-9643 William of Avon Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:53:19 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1913#comment-9643 A good post, to be sure, but that's not what "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" means. A protestation is an emphatic declaration. The Player Queen has made promises and vows that are far too flowery and insistent to be able to be taken seriously, and Gertrude is commenting on that. So it's not overdenial that's the issue, it's the appearance of oversincerity. Which actually fits the subject of this post better. A good post, to be sure, but that’s not what “The lady doth protest too much, methinks” means.

A protestation is an emphatic declaration. The Player Queen has made promises and vows that are far too flowery and insistent to be able to be taken seriously, and Gertrude is commenting on that. So it’s not overdenial that’s the issue, it’s the appearance of oversincerity.

Which actually fits the subject of this post better.

]]> By: khan http://quichemoraine.com/2009/11/thank-you-so-much/#comment-9093 khan Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:30:23 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1913#comment-9093 Now that you've mentioned it I'll notice it everywhere. Thank you so much. Now that you’ve mentioned it I’ll notice it everywhere. Thank you so much.

]]> By: Mike Haubrich http://quichemoraine.com/2009/11/thank-you-so-much/#comment-9029 Mike Haubrich Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:31:11 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1913#comment-9029 It's quite possible they are the drivers of our dialogue. I have also noted that from Kerri Miller, but I am not sure when it started. It’s quite possible they are the drivers of our dialogue. I have also noted that from Kerri Miller, but I am not sure when it started.

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