I had no idea! Yikes. Just how many insults have I hurled unintentionally?
I'm baffled by how differently the word can be interpreted. Obviously, the sarcastic 'quite' is very understood--but the slight put-down of 'Tommy is quite good at algebra, but...'
I would never have interpreted that one correctly.
This is quite (as in 'very') interesting. I'm sure that I've left you a 'quite good' type of review before(!)--and in my case, I've always meant, 'very good'. This may put me off of using 'quite' altogether--particularly in posts where the tone of it may be taken completely out of context.
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Date: 2008-10-24 07:15 pm (UTC)I'm baffled by how differently the word can be interpreted. Obviously, the sarcastic 'quite' is very understood--but the slight put-down of 'Tommy is quite good at algebra, but...'
I would never have interpreted that one correctly.
This is quite (as in 'very') interesting. I'm sure that I've left you a 'quite good' type of review before(!)--and in my case, I've always meant, 'very good'. This may put me off of using 'quite' altogether--particularly in posts where the tone of it may be taken completely out of context.
Very enlightening...