Polite British grandma gets a rather lovely reply from Google
Internet sensation Grandma May has finally received a polite response to her equally polite Google search.
The saga started when her search inquiry -- "Please translate these roman numerals mcmxviii thank you" -- was shared by her grandson Ben John, who was amused at his nan's minding of her manners online, and the world has been in love ever since.
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Turns out, the folks at Google loved it too. On Thursday, Google told Grandma May via Twitter that no "thanks" were necessary when it came to her search request, while Google UK said Wednesday that in a world with billions of searches, her's made them smile.
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John told the BBC that he came across the search when he was at the home of his 86-year-old grandma, May Ashworth, while he was doing his washing.
"I live with my boyfriend and we don't have a dryer at our house, so I usually go over to my nan's to do our washing," he said. "While I was waiting I thought I'd go on the internet and that's why I opened her laptop."
Upon opening the laptop, John found the very proper search his grandma had made. Amused at the sight, he snapped a photo and put it on Twitter where it went viral.
Grandma May doesn't use her laptop that much, apparently. When he asked why she was so polite, she said she thought it would make the search go faster.
"I asked my nan why she used 'please' and 'thank you' and it seemed she thinks that there is someone -- a physical person -- at Google's headquarters who looks after the searches," he told the outlet. "She thought that by being polite and using her manners, the search would be quicker."
John has also shared a photo of himself and his "famous Nan" on Thursday. Total sweethearts.
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