you punctuate your prose with "to be honest".

shlomo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:09 pm

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:04 pm tbh

James,

Pardon this brief, off topic sojourn but I've noticed that more often than not, you punctuate your prose with "to be honest".

This then begs the question; during the course of your typical day-to-day dealings, are you in fact, to a great degree, such a dishonest person that when you are actually being honest you feel the need to accentuate the point?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Kuroneko wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 6:48 pm

shlomo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:09 pm

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:04 pm tbh

James,

Pardon this brief, off topic sojourn but I've noticed that more often than not, you punctuate your prose with "to be honest".

This then begs the question; during the course of your typical day-to-day dealings, are you in fact, to a great degree, such a dishonest person that when you are actually being honest you feel the need to accentuate the point?

Inquiring minds want to know.

""To be honest" is an example of an adverbial disjunct, which indicates the speaker's attitude toward the sentence without affecting the meaning of the sentence. It is often used, consciously or otherwise, to preface a statement that the speaker believes is particularly candid in the present context, possibly to an extent that might cause mild offense."

shlomo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 7:28 pm I've only ever noticed this language tick in Brits and to be honest, it's fucking annoying.

shlomo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 9:10 pm Jeez, he's at it again.

I just left Honeypot and there was Lambo over my left shoulder with some bird and I could hear it..."To be honest luv I never pay more than $40 for long time. Come on, I'm youngish and hansum. Don't let this pudgy midsection fool you. I once lasted 2 1/2 rounds with a Khmer kickboxer."

taabarang wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 7:56 pm


tbh we do talk "proper British English" but only when we suffer from constipation.