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Is it possible to call someone on this in conversation without being rude? e.g. "What do you mean 'it turns out'?"

• TheSOB88 17y ago
  I'd be more concerned with people doing it in essays.
• machrider 17y ago
  "Cool, where did you learn that?"
  • Semiapies 17y ago
    But that's too much like conversationally asking a question about a detail, instead of leaping on a harmless locution with an intent to prove superiority. What good is that?
• cellis 17y ago
  "Care to cite some specific examples?" or, brasher "Citation needed."
  • nollidge 17y ago
    > "Citation needed." And you have to hold your hands up to indicate [square braces].
    • Groxx 17y ago
      Or, if you're going for wiki-formatting, you somehow need to crook your hands & fingers into weird {{double-curly braces}}. Seems more painful than air-quotes...
      • dasil003 17y ago
        Nope, you went one too far.
      • nollidge 17y ago
        Might be possible with shadow-puppetry... I'll work on it this weekend and publish the RFC on Monday.
  • Semiapies 17y ago
    Make sure never to say anything like, "I was curious about X - what were some specific example?", though. That might be too socially functional.
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