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28. I think it was first popular in Australia in 1990s. Different from "Don't worry", but it is the same as "No problem"

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Fri Dec 27, 2024, 03:46 AM

Dec 27

It's different from "Don't worry". That is a command to you. "No worries" means "I have no worries about the issue or event". It is meant to put the hearer at rest without COMMANDING them.

If you don't like "no worries", do you dislike "no problem"? Pretty much the same, except one is singular and the other plural. Two words each, same number of letters.

I don't worry about "no problem" and I have no problem with "no worries".

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I think it was first popular in Australia in 1990s. Different from "Don't worry", but it is the same as "No problem" Bernardo de La Paz Dec 27 #28

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