You're very much welcome

[Laurence Urdang]

At least it is a friendly, polite, well-intentioned response.
  Compare "No problem," which smacks of snide condescension.
  L. Urdang

Mark Sacks <msacks at THEWORLD.COM> wrote:
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While on vacation in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, I asked a supermarket clerk
for help, which she provided very courteously. When I thanked her, she
replied, "You're very much welcome." I've never heard this before; is it
common in the area (I presume the clerk is a native) or anywhere else?

Marc Sacks
msacks at theworld.com

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