You're very much welcome

[Michael H Covarrubias]

Quoting Mark Sacks:
>
> 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
>

I heard the form with adjectives from my students in North Dakota 5-10 years ago.

"That's very much funny"
"I'm very much upset"

An extension from such forms with participles as "very much appreciated"?

michael

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