From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6d46cdc0-9bab-4e6a-b6dd-155508189306@email.android.com> References: <72d00d4f47465d1b75497bff9dffe692@pi.att> <6d46cdc0-9bab-4e6a-b6dd-155508189306@email.android.com> Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 15:17:01 +1000 Message-ID: From: Shane Morris To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] VirtualBox, Mavericks, and Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: ef81c39e-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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 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." > >