How “no worries” infected American English
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Re: How “no worries” infected American English
#2Like the flat white, "No worries" really started to take off around the time the work visa requirements for Aussies lightened up. Quid pro quo for Johnnie Howard's support of the Iraq war and all.
Re: How “no worries” infected American English
#3Oh wow, I've said "no worries" for as long as I remember, I thought that was an English language thing rather than specific to my country. I was even starting to avoid saying it because the "no" sounded negative. Well, forget about that! I'll proudly say:
No worries, mate
from now on.
Re: How “no worries” infected American English
#4Yeah growing up in america there was no equivalent phrase so when I heard it 10 years ago or so I started using it a lot. Its strange I wonder if there were some equivalents used before?
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#5I live in Canada, and have started to use this almost exclusively as a substitute for "you're welcome". No idea where or when I picked it up, or why I've started using it.
Would have never guessed it was a relatively new addition to North American English.
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#6I've noticed the phrase is used quite a lot here in the Netherlands, which isn't even on that list.
I don't recall hearing it much in Singapore when I lived there, despite that it's at the top of the list.
Re: How “no worries” infected American English
#7Hah, I'm from Europe and I've been using it for some time. Like other commenters, I thought it's a (somewhat slang) thing in English language.
Re: How “no worries” infected American English
#8Oh wow, I've said "no worries" for as long as I remember, I thought that was an English language thing rather than specific to my country. I was even starting to avoid saying it because the "no" sounded negative. Well, forget about that! I'll proudly say: No worries, mate from now on.
Bloody oath
Re: How “no worries” infected American English
#9Never even realised this was an Australian thing. I kind of assumed it was a universal English thing, with the more Australian variant being "no wuckas".
Re: How “no worries” infected American English
#10Just wait for the Americans to start saying "no wuckas", and see how long it takes them to work out how it came about.
(don't post spoilers, Australians!)