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Re:The Difference Between Saying 'Thank You' in Chinese and ... by lucb1e on Saturday June 13, 2015 @05:03PM (#9712647)
> It took me a while to get used to say "thank you" in this situation.

Sort of denying it or "trying to make it less" (not sure how to say that correctly in English) is something I tend to do a lot as well. People here (in the Netherlands) are not offended at all.

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Re:The Difference Between Saying 'Thank You' in Chinese and ... by seanp2k2 on Saturday June 13, 2015 @05:42PM (#9712789)
Yeah, in my experience, denying compliments like that is generally seen as humble more than impolite (in the US).
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Re:The Difference Between Saying 'Thank You' in Chinese and ... by smorrow on Saturday June 13, 2015 @06:42PM (#9713005)
Downplaying it.
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Re:The Difference Between Saying 'Thank You' in Chinese and ... by lucb1e on Sunday June 14, 2015 @03:41AM (#9714088)
Right, that's it!
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