英語で一番口にした言葉(High frequency words I had actually used in English.)

Early last December, I went to Australia on business for 6 nights. It was my first time going abroad since I had visited Singapore 19 years ago.

On the first day, my boss and I arrived at Kansai International Airport. It’s the departure point of our business trip and still in an atmosphere environed by Japanese language. Just as we got on our international airplane, I began to feel to be in a new atmosphere, which is surrounded by English. It was a start of my precious experience in using English.

During this trip, in my activities from staying on an airplane or at hotels to visiting some of our business partners, I found one simple thing concerning linguistic usage.

The top one of the high frequency words I used in English was, “Thank you.”

In some conversations with a service person at any shopping places or official organizations, I started with, “Excuse me, ~.” And after I got what I wanted, I closed the talk with, “Thank you for ~.”
Or, when I was asking some of passers-by on a street or an aisle about where I could get what I wanted (directions or goods) or about giving me some information about what I didn’t know. Those situations ended with the words, “Thank you for ~.”

When I had to say something in response to “how was the dinner?” at a restaurant, I just said my impressions and, “Thank you for ~.”

It doesn’t depend on which is a customer or a service person to start saying thank you. A sales person would say thank you for your purchase. But you also get something you want for what you paid, just say, “Thank you.”

I’ve never realized the words had been really used at almost every situation in our living until I went abroad.

Or, didn’t I just say it in Japanese like “どうもありがとうございました” so frequently? Instead of that, I just ever said “どうも” only. 8-p

Thank you for your time. 8-) @