Why western people seldom use "please"? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by kionite231@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hello,

First of all I don't really get the actual meaning of "please". I understand it as it used to make a polite request. However I have rarely seen any westerner saying "please" on either Lemmy, Mastodon or IRC. where I live using "please" (मेहरबानी) is used often.

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[-] charonn0@startrek.website 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"Please" is short for "if it pleases you" or "if you please". It's used to turn a command into a request. It's probably not used on Lemmy, etc. because we're not requesting things of each other a lot.

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

It's probably not used on Lemmy, etc. because we're not requesting things of each other a lot.

Speak for yourself please. Make me a sandwich please

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