Jan 19, 2024 at 03:59 AM
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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight
I prefer "please."
I have noticed non-native English speakers seem more likely to use "kindly." So I just chalk it up to that (if I receive that in an email). I also think "kindly" seems more formal.
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I agree. To me “kindly” feels both more formal and feels a little grating, probably because it sometimes is used by native English speakers in a patronizing or condescending way.
A person who did not grow up with that context probably means it literally and doesn’t intend (or receive) the subtext. Can you approach it from that standpoint, placing it in a cultural/language context?
Also, just throwing out there for curiosity- does she have to change it? Even if everyone hates it.
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