In defense of "Enjoy!" I suggest that it is the American equivalent of the French "Bon appétit" and therefore acceptable. While in France this past summer, a waiter asked me how to say 'bon appétit' in English and all I could think of was 'enjoy.'
Anyone have any idea what one would say in the UK?
Griffin
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Oklahoma State University
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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Allison [[log in to unmask]]
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Oh, man, I just hate that--no, dammit, I'm still eating it. I don't work on food. I eat food. And I do enjoy things and people--I do not enjoy the nonexistent.
John
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And then there is the charming "Are you still working on that?" or worse, "Still picking at that?". Makes one feel like a barnyard animal or someone doing drudgery.
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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk on behalf of Robert W Emerson
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As long as we are speaking of word usage, here are my two cents: I find annoying the use of "enjoy" without an object. "Enjoy" is, or at least still is everywhere but in restaurants, a transitive verb. I know the restaurant servers don't mean it that way, but when they bring by the food and say simply, Enjoy," to me it sounds like the imperative form ("Enjoy the meal, or else!). As my family would attest, perhaps my reaction simply signals my own creeping curmudgeonliness, as "we all know what they [the purveyors of "Enjoy"] mean."
Robert Emerson
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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk on behalf of Ginger, Laura
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I completely agree with you, and share your frustration. This response has become one of my top pet peeves!!
Laura
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Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 4:06 PM
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Subject: "No problem" instead of "thank you": today's trivial peeve
Hi Everyone,
Today a student came to visit me briefly, and as he left I said, "Thanks for coming by." He said, "No problem."
"No problem" does not strike me as a very appropriate response to "thank you." I wouldn't think it would be a "problem" that he came by my office: I didn't force him to. Perhaps "no problem" would be an appropriate response to "excuse me," but not to "thank you."
Same with store clerks: I thank a store clerk for waiting on me, and she says, "No problem." Sigh.
Jus' sayin'.
Dan
Daniel M. Warner
Professor, Dept. of Accounting
(Business Legal Studies)
MS 9071, WWU
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