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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[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago

In Australia in the aboriginal culture I was raised in, there is no word for please. We never used it growing up

We have a ward for thank you mah,

We say thank you but if you have something and can give it and someone asks you are obliged to provide.

In today's world this causes many problems with money etc though.

this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2024

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