I recently had a brief Skype chat conversation with someone. Skype tends to automatically suggest a few phrases to use as responses to questions or messages you receive.
So the conversation was like this:
- A: "Can we postpone the meeting by 15 minutes?"
- B: "Hi, yes no worries!"
- A: "Great, thx"
Then Skype suggested three phrases I could use to respond:
- "No problem!"
- "My pleasure!"
- "Gates open!"
Now, (1) makes perfect sense. I guess (2) is also quite OK. But what in the world is (3)?
I'm not a native English speaker and asked some friends but they have no idea, and Google is no help.
Is it a phrase at all in English? The current best hypothesis is that it is a normal expression in this context in a different language which has just been automatically translated to English and suggested. Would anyone be able to verify this?
Best Answer
This looks to be an easter egg of sorts in Skype. In any case, as a native speaker I'll tell you it doesn't make sense as a response here. I found this relevant conversation on Twitter:
That last link leads to this gif, making it clear it's a reference to Wimbledon.