{"id":1269,"date":"2016-11-17T15:36:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T21:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garzablancarealestate.com\/blog\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2018-04-11T16:57:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T21:57:20","slug":"saying-thank-you-this-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garzablancarealestate.com\/blog\/news\/saying-thank-you-this-thanksgiving","title":{"rendered":"Saying Thank you this Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanksgiving is a very special time of year in which we stop to give thanks for all of the people and things which give our lives meaning and joy throughout the year. Whether it\u2019s your health or your cherished loved ones, or even a big change in your life that you\u2019re grateful for you\u2019re likely to employ that very common word \u201cthanks\u201d. While you\u2019re likely to say thank you more than once in any given day most people do not have any idea of the history of this concept and the words we associate with it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The history of \u201cThank You\u201d<\/b><\/h2>\n

Like most of the words that we use today the phrase \u201cThank You\u201d has much longer roots than we realize, and has its base in an older word with a different meaning. The word thanks is actually a derivative of the same word \u201cthank\u201d from Old English in c.450 \u2013c.1100 when this would meant \u201ca thought\u201d. This word then evolved, as so many words do through usage, becoming \u201ca favourable thought or feeling, goodwill\u201d, and by the Middle Ages meant \u201ca kindly thought or feeling entertained towards any one for favor or services received\u201d by the Middle Ages, which is quite similar to the meaning it has in today\u2019s modern vocabulary. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to express gratitude<\/b><\/h2>\n

The English language is a large and varied one in which there are many different ways to express varying levels of gratitude and indebtedness with different levels of formality. For example, the word \u201ccheers\u201d is a largely British English word which was originally found in pubs (bars), but has now evolved to become a colloquial way of saying thank you which has nothing to do with drinking at all. There may also be circumstances in which you wish to express a sense of debt as well as general gratitude, and in such cases phrases like \u201cmuch obliged\u201d and \u201cI owe you one\u201d are the formal and colloquial, respectively, terms which you might consider using.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks<\/b><\/h2>\n

There may be literally hundreds of ways in which you can express gratitude these days, but \u201cthank you\u201d is still the perennial, gold standard example in the English language. This phrase can be traced back to the fourteenth century, and is yet to fall out of use. No matter how you decide to say thank you, however, it is key to acknowledge the importance of this tradition, and remember that it has a part to play in every single day of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Thanksgiving<\/a><\/p>\n

This Thanksgiving, why not share the story of how Thank You came to be a staple of our society and culture.<\/span><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanksgiving is a very special time of year in which we stop to give thanks for all of the people and things which give our lives meaning and joy throughout the year. Whether it\u2019s your health or your cherished loved ones, or even a big change in your life that you\u2019re grateful for you\u2019re likely to employ that very common word \u201cthanks\u201d. While you\u2019re likely to say thank you more than once in any given day most people do not have any idea of the history of this concept and the words we associate with it. The history of \u201cThank You\u201d Like most of the words that we use today the phrase \u201cThank You\u201d has much longer roots than we realize, and has its base in an older word with a different meaning. The word thanks is actually a derivative of the same word \u201cthank\u201d from Old English in c.450 \u2013c.1100 when this would meant \u201ca thought\u201d. 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