Saying a simple "thank you" might be considered polite, but it's not always expected or necessary, research suggests. They listened to about 1000 examples of requests made during informal conversations between friends, families and neighbours who speak either English, Italian, Lao, the Aboriginal language Murrinh-patha, Polish, Russian, Siwu (Ghana) or Cha'palaa (Ecuador). The rate some sort of thanks was given in response a request being carried out was just one in 50. People who spoke English and Italian were found to be more likely to express thanks, while Ecuadorians who speak Cha'palaa never said thank you after someone carries out their request. "In informal interaction between people who know each other well, even English speakers express gratitude just one-out-of-seven times when someone complies with a request," they said in their research paper published in Royal Society Open Science on Wednesday.

Source: Daily Mail May 23, 2018 01:07 UTC