Google thanks grandmother for her polite search

* A British grandmother's Google search has gone viral

* Google UK tweeted a thanks message to granny for her search

* 86-year-old May Ashworth's search was shared by her grandson on Twitter

Search giant Google has reportedly thanked a grandmother for her 'polite search'. According to a report in BBC, Google UK tweeted a thanks message to 86-year-old May Ashworth saying, "In a world of billions of searches, yours made us smile."

Google's main Twitter account too responded with "Dear Grandma, no thanks necessary."

Wondering what the 'thanks' is all about? The British grandmother has charmed the internet with her search reading: "Please translate these roman numerals mcmxcviii thank you."

The search was discovered by Ashworth's 25-year-old grandson Ben Eckersley who was visiting her.

While looking through her computer, Ben stumbled upon what she had typed into Google. Ben then tweeted a photo of his grandmother's polite search on Google which went viral.

According to the report, Ben's grandmother loves watching TV and "it seems she has an interest in knowing when programmes were made." TV shows still reportedly use Roman numerals on their credits to show the year of the programme.

Ben told BBC that she saw a TV show but couldn't make out the from the credits, so she put the numerals into Google. "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," says BBC report quoting Ben.

Tech Sunday, June 19, 2016