It’s Hard to Learn French in Middle Age

Re:It’s Hard to Learn French in Middle Age by jacobolus on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @11:50AM (#19789012)

“Think nothing of it” is a rare and very stuffy sounding expression in (at least my California dialect of) English. “It’s nothing” is better but still not too common.

As cced already said, common ways of expressing this in American English include “don’t worry about it”, “no worries”, “no big deal”, “no problem”, “you’re welcome”, “my pleasure”, etc.

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Re:It’s Hard to Learn French in Middle Age by jperras on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @02:31PM (#19790619)

Informal vs. formal and the gradient between them is always going to be an issue in any language, especially when comparing languages.

French also has more built-in structures for formal address/politeness, though many of them are being left by the wayside just as we left feudal lordships with a peasant class.

For what it's worth, I'd say that the more "stuffy" version of "de rien" in French would be "il n'y a pas de quoi".

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Re:It’s Hard to Learn French in Middle Age by Outpox on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @05:59PM (#19792443)

I would add the one I usually use "Je t'en prie".

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