Don't mention it [BE?]
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Have a look at the threads listed at "don't mention it".
This expression sounds very old-fashioned to me.
I know many people who still use it, but they are all very old
This expression sounds very old-fashioned to me.
I know many people who still use it, but they are all very old
Really, Panjandrum? It just sounds like regular old English to me - neither trendy nor old-fashioned.
That's very interesting to my AmE 'ears/eyes'. This must be another BrE/AmE difference.
Just as Kate said, I'd not find it old fashioned at all (In the U.S.).
I think I learn just as much from these sort of threads as non-natives do. I'd never have guessed that difference in our dialects.
Just as Kate said, I'd not find it old fashioned at all (In the U.S.).
I think I learn just as much from these sort of threads as non-natives do. I'd never have guessed that difference in our dialects.
In the U.S. absolutely. But the original poster wanted to know about BE.
For sure. I think she and I are just both so astonished that it would be different in AmE/BrE. Just doesn't seem like 'one of those things' you'd expect to differ from our side of the pond.
WR never ceases to amaze me with the differences between the two.For sure. I think she and I are just both so astonished that it would be different in AmE/BrE. Just doesn't seem like 'one of those things' you'd expect to differ from our side of the pond.
Why is the assumption made that Don't mention it is old-fashioned in BE? Panjandrum said nothing of the sort, only that it sounded old-fashioned to him.
One of the difficulties about making statements about whether a phrase is old-fashioned is that not many people have access to a corpus of spoken English, since such texts are often restricted to researchers.
In the publicly available BNC and COCA corpuses, at any rate, there are 47 and 92 examples respectively.
(If anyone knows of the existence of a corpus of spoken English that can be accesssed, please let me know!)
One of the difficulties about making statements about whether a phrase is old-fashioned is that not many people have access to a corpus of spoken English, since such texts are often restricted to researchers.
In the publicly available BNC and COCA corpuses, at any rate, there are 47 and 92 examples respectively.
(If anyone knows of the existence of a corpus of spoken English that can be accesssed, please let me know!)