+1 It's a southern phrase. I love the fact that Ted Lasso popularized it. |
+1 I'm also white and have lived in the NoVA area most of my life. This is not a new phrase. I think a lot of transplants think it's new? |
Yes it's clear that some people think this phrase is new just because they didn't grow up hearing it. It's a regional/cultural thing, if it's new to you it just means you only recently started interacting with people who say it (or watched Ted Lasso, I guess). |
Nah, way before Ted Lasso. Come on. |
I've lived in DC for 20 years and have heard it and used it forever. Primarily from my Black and Brown friends/family. I have caught people of guard - seemingly in a good way wherein I can tell they've never heard it. |
I have a coworker who says this and it’s the fakest thing ever. The first few times I thought she was actually trolling me. She’s a pretty mean, backstabbing person in general though. Maybe if it were a kind person it would come off different. |
Wouldn’t “I appreciate it” be more accurate? He appreciated your act of opening the door, not you as a person. |
Grew up in rural/suburban central Florida. Very common. |
I think it’s nicer than appreciate it. It means you are just appreciating the one thing. You shows you appreciate the person. I would not say it to a stranger, but I use it with my family. |
But this was a stranger saying it to you. |
I don't really like it either. I would prefer: "I appreciate that you did x for me"; or "I appreciate that you are so kind".
"I appreciate you" just feels a bit throwaway/lazy/insincere. |
Yup born and raised in DC. White people say this too. |
My black co-workers often use this phrase instead of thanks! in text messages or slack. Maybe they're from the south? Never heard it from a white or asian person (I'm also asian). I like it, it sounds more personable than a generic thanks. |
It’s fake and phony as heck. Knock it off. Makes you look stupid and fake. Ugh. |
This originated in black culture. Not surprising that white people are now latching on to it, and other white people are now criticizing it. |