Google has thanked an 86-year-old British grandmother who proved old-fashioned¹ manners have a place in the modern world when she typed "please" and "thank you" in an internet search.

 

谷歌近日向一位86岁的英国老奶奶表达了感谢，这位老奶奶在网络搜索时不忘写“请”和“谢谢”，证明了老式的礼貌在现代世界中依然有一席之地。
 

 

May Ashworth's grandson Ben John found her laptop open and took a photo of the unusually polite online request. She was asking for a translation of the Roman numerals MCMXCVIII.

 

John, a 25-year-old from Wigan, has been retweeted more than 11,000 times.

 

He told the BBC he and his boyfriend do not have a clothes dryer² so they go to Ashworth's house for their laundry.

 

"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 headquarters³ who looks after the searches.

 

"She thought that by being polite and using her manners, the search would be quicker," he said.

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