That was fascinating, I had no idea that there were such different meanings. I have used 'quite' in a 'completely/exactly' sense on occasion but have never really thought about the linguistic connotations before. ("She spends £60 on a skirt and has the nerve to moan that she is really hard up?" "Quite.")
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Date: 2008-10-24 12:19 pm (UTC)("She spends £60 on a skirt and has the nerve to moan that she is really hard up?"
"Quite.")