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.

  • MelllvarEnglish
    26•2 months ago2 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
      12•2 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