From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: References: <72d00d4f47465d1b75497bff9dffe692@pi.att> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" From: Joseph Thompson Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 22:27:39 -0400 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <6d46cdc0-9bab-4e6a-b6dd-155508189306@email.android.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] VirtualBox, Mavericks, and Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: ef55c0e6-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On May 22, 2014 10:18:32 PM EDT, kokamoto@hera.eonet.ne.jp wrote: >> Ok, I stand corrected. > >Off topic, sorry. > >I saw this phrase some times here. >What it does mean? > >I know it's meaning I think. >What I want to know is why they say just 'thanks'. >Is this something some culture related? > >Kenji It's an old phrase, basically shorthand for "I was wrong, you were correc= t, thanks for the correction."