You're very much welcome

[Jamie Carpenter]

IMO, probably a response to "Thank you very much."
-Jamie



> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:03:11 -0400> From: mcovarru at PURDUE.EDU> Subject: Re: You're very much welcome> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>> Poster: Michael H Covarrubias <mcovarru at PURDUE.EDU>> Subject: Re: You're very much welcome> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------> > 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> > ------------------------------------------------------------> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
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