no thanks to

[jasonlulu_2000]

Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqyhgQYEGpY

At 0:15, I hear "The Japanese man has had his entry ticket in hand since March but no thanks to the global health crisis he's also been stranded in a town close to the ruins since then." Is it right?

What does "no thanks to" mean here?

Thanks!

Jason

 

[GoesStation]

My guess is that the script said "but now, thanks to the global health crisis …." The narrator's accent, or a careless slip, makes "now" sound like "no".

 

[PeterCW]

As a native BrE speaker I would have said "... but thanks to ...". What she means is "... as result of ...".

"Thanks to" is a common expression in colloquial English and is used for both positive and negative results.

 

[emsr2d2]

In that context, "thanks to" is the obvious choice. I agree that it's likely to have been "... now, thanks to ...".

We do use "no thanks to" though, in a different context.

Imagine that Sarah is trying to do her homework but her younger brother, Steve, keeps interrupting her, distracting her, trying to get her to do something else. A little later, their mum asks Sarah, "Did you manage to get your homework done?" Sarah replies, "I did - no thanks to Steve!"

In that context, it effectively means "I did, despite Steve constantly behaving in a way that was not at all helpful!"

 

[jutfrank]

My guess is that the script said "but now, thanks to the global health crisis …." The narrator's accent, or a careless slip, makes "now" sound like "no".

I think that's quite likely, yes, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility that this was just a misuse of no thanks to, in an attempt by the writer to make it clear that he/she attributes the cause (the global health crisis) as a hindrance.