Re: CHAT: English English

Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> Wild tangent: And what's with the delicatessen staff at my local
> Waitrose asking 'Can I help you at all?' when I come up to the
> counter? To me, that 'at all' sounds almost accusatory.
Are they from Ireland by any chance?  That use of "at all" is
Hiberno-English.

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