Timeline for Is the phrase "thanks, but no thanks" appropriate in an email sent to a supervisor?
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| Feb 14, 2018 at 7:32 | comment | added | hg786t76g | This is the right answer. In the absence of other motivations for thinking a person is being deliberately discourteous, the sensible response is to assume they meant what they said. Injecting meaning that was most likely not intended is just silly. | |
| Feb 14, 2018 at 2:27 | comment | added | Captain Emacs | +1 for a good explanation - however, what's missing in the response is the reason why this is interpreted as rude; in my opinion it is the case because the "thanks" in "no thanks" can be interpreted as a substantive; in other words reading as: "thanks, but [actually] no thanks [for that]". I was stumped by that, too, when I first learnt that phrase. | |
| Feb 12, 2018 at 22:48 | comment | added | Aaron | This answer is the most accurate answer so far. It is both technically correct, and it also points out the negative stereotype that many people have forced upon the phrase and addresses this. Many of the other answers exaggerate the situation with suggestions that the phrase "definitely is rude and you need to apologize" or "I would not give you the time of day after that beyond what was contractually necessary" which do help OP to see how some people blow this way out of proportion but also are inappropriate responses. This is the correct answer. +1 | |
| Feb 12, 2018 at 17:05 | history | answered | Acccumulation | CC BY-SA 3.0 |