No worries, mate!

I only say "no worries" in e-mails or posts w/ my Aussie friends. It's not used much here in the states.

I dunno about LA, but here on the East Coast I wouldn't notice if one of my friends said "no worries". Pretty common phrase here.

ErylRavenwell said:

"No worries" is slang for "no problem" here in Australia. It can mean more than that, but do the Americans (around LA) ever say "no worries"?

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No. (At least not in SoCal.) I'm familiar with the phrase from films and books, but I've never heard anyone actually say it.

Here in Canada, at least in my small piece of it, I say "not to worry". I have heard "no worries" but have never actually used it.

My aunt, from Washington state, uses it. I live in SoCal, and I've heard it now and then. It's nothing that would make me think twice.

I hear it occassionally here, but not so much in one of the Aus senses of 'no that's fine, don't bother'--only in the more generic 'I'm not bothered' sense.

In Seattle, at least, they all seem to be interchangeable:

No worries
No problem
No issue
No biggie

I’m originally from D.C. and tend to say ‘no worries’. Can’t say I actually recall anyone else saying this, but never seemed to make anyone look at me odd. Well, not for that reason anyways. >.<


Me

I've heard it occasionally but it's not a common phrase here in the midwest.

I'm in Northern California (near San Francisco) and both hear and use the phrase all the time. I probably wouldn't find it out of place, but then again I'm not a SoCal resident.

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Surely I've heard it (in metro Atlanta), but I can't recall an instance. Even if not, I knew "instinctively" what "no worries" means...I probably wouldn't think twice if I heard someone say it.

There was some physics and/or philosophy book I read many years ago that started off with this quote (or if this isn't exact, something very close to it):

"What is matter?
Never mind...
What is mind?
No matter..."

So where did this thread start? (there's never an indication! I can SEE it's now in Office Party, but why does a mod moving a thread never say where it was moved FROM???)

FWIW, I think it should be moved (back?) to Grammar for Grasshoppers as a discussion of the international use of idioms. Anyone who disagrees can kiss my fa***.

Surely I've heard it (in metro Atlanta), but I can't recall an instance. Even if not, I knew "instinctively" what "no worries" means...I probably wouldn't think twice if I heard someone say it.

There was some physics and/or philosophy book I read many years ago that started off with this quote (or if this isn't exact, something very close to it):

"What is matter?
Never mind...
What is mind?
No matter..."

So where did this thread start? (there's never an indication! I can SEE it's now in Office Party, but why does a mod moving a thread never say where it was moved FROM???)

FWIW, I think it should be moved (back?) to Grammar for Grasshoppers as a discussion of the international use of idioms. Anyone who disagrees can kiss my fa***.

My favourite saying - no worries.

JJ

I use 'no worries' all the time, but I'm not exactly close to Los Angeles. (I'm in Toronto)