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0When I was a kid, my old English text book told me that we could response to "Thank You" with "Not At All", which means you are welcome. But when I answer two of my American friends with this phrase" NOT AT ALL"  when they thanked me , in different times of course, they didn't quite know what I was talking about. After I told them everything about this phrase, they told me that that phrase could be used only when you don't accept someone's thank, that means you reject their thank unpolitely.02br02br00But in today's dictionary or some place, as well from Chinese friends' mouth, I could sometimes still get that phrase as "YOU ARE WELCOME". 02br02br00How do you know about that, friends. Could you help me with that? 02br02br00A lot of thanks to you guys.0-

RayH · Accepted Answer

0 I think this is primarily a British expression. As I understand it, it means something like "no trouble at all" and is normally taken to mean "you're welcome".0-

BarbaraPA · Answer

0Tell them it's a far nicer version of "No problem." (A pet peeve of mine. I really dislike it intensely when I say "thank you" to a waiter or someone behind the counter of a store and get "no problem" in return.")02br
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00My pleasure. // It was my pleasure.02br
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00Happy to do it. // I'm glad I was able to help.0-

ChinsonTan · Answer

0Thanks man. I got it. Now I know someother answers of thank you. The only thing I don't quite understand is why my two friends don't know that sentence.0-

Anonymous · Answer

0 or you can say &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Don't mention it. 0-

Anonymous · Answer

0 As a native I dislike people saying man... Thanks would do just fine.  About your friends, if they are native speakers and don't know the expressions then it's a possiblility they come from a different state and might not use them.  All natives don't have to know every expression!  Do you know every expression in your language? 0-

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