From: Shane Morris <edgecomberts@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] VirtualBox, Mavericks, and Plan 9
Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 15:17:01 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANZw+5fnoe6GmoO0bCDxW=AXpyAQ=uXZk8O9atwm1Vk6iS0UsA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6d46cdc0-9bab-4e6a-b6dd-155508189306@email.android.com>
Hi Kenji,
As Joseph said, shorthand for "Thanks for correcting me on that, and
giving me the knowledge I needed, or that I asked for..." It is
probably a Western-ism, a cultural thing of America/ United Kingdom/
Australia, if not others. I've been using it since I could talk, and
started asking the big questions as to "Why is it so...? Is it like
this? No? I stand corrected..."
Many thanks!
On 5/23/14, Joseph Thompson <jthompson74@student.gsu.edu> wrote:
> 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 correct,
> thanks for the correction."
>
>
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Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-22 21:38 sl
2014-05-22 21:57 ` Shane Morris
2014-05-22 22:06 ` Shane Morris
2014-05-23 2:18 ` kokamoto
2014-05-23 2:27 ` Joseph Thompson
2014-05-23 5:17 ` Shane Morris [this message]
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2014-05-22 1:17 Shane Morris
2014-05-22 7:41 ` Peter Hull
2014-05-22 10:54 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2014-05-22 11:05 ` peterhull90
2014-05-22 12:55 ` erik quanstrom
2014-05-22 13:05 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2014-05-22 13:58 ` Jeff Sickel
2014-05-22 14:12 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2014-05-22 14:34 ` Jeff Sickel
2014-05-22 14:39 ` Rubén Berenguel
2014-05-22 14:44 ` Jeff Sickel
2014-05-22 14:48 ` Rubén Berenguel
2014-05-22 14:49 ` Jeff Sickel
2014-05-22 14:49 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2014-05-22 15:03 ` Jeff Sickel
2014-05-22 21:23 ` Shane Morris
2014-05-22 21:26 ` erik quanstrom
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