riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (12/06/84)
Since Alan Turing was English and not German, this has marginal relevance
to the original discussion, but the question came up so I'll answer it.
The German equivalent for "you're welcome" is the same as their word for
"please": "bitte". So a (ridiculously?) simple conversation might go:
"Haben Sie Feuer, bitte?" (Do you have a light, please?)
"Ja." (Yes.)
"Danke [schoen]." (Thank you [very much].)
"Bitte [sehr]." (You're [quite] welcome.)
--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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