One 86-year-old woman’s good manners have won her fame on the internet after her grandson shared proof that she is polite even to Google. Ben John was left amused when he chanced upon May Ashworth’s (his grandmother) laptop and saw her politely worded search request to the internet giant.
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The 25-year-old had gone to his grandma’s house to do his laundry when he decided to use her computer to pass his time. He found that not only was the laptop switched on but it also displayed what his nan had typed into Google: "Please translate these roman numerals mcmxcviii thank you."
Actually Ben’s grandmum likes to watch TV and was curious about when programmes were made. As television shows still use Roman numerals on their credits to show the year of the program, she decided to seek answers via Google search.
Here are some of the responses to Ben's tweet.
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“It made me chuckle so I thought I'd take a photo and put it on Twitter for my friends to see. I didn't expect so many other people to see it!” Ben told the BBC.
“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 adds.
The screen shot went so viral on social media that it even came to the notice of Google itself. Google UK tweeted Ben’s account with a sweet message that read: "In a world of billions of searches, yours made us smile."
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