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To some extent, nicespeak is the shibboleth of the middle class. A few don't have to speak it, and many never learn. They usually stand out in professional se
by TehShrike 4y ago
To some extent, nicespeak is the shibboleth of the middle class.
A few don't have to speak it, and many never learn. They usually stand out in professional settings
- yamtaddle 4y agoFussell calls out all kinds of indirect or euphemistic "polite" speech as middle-class. "Passed away" versus "died", even. "High" speech is much more direct. You don't butter people up before asking for something, or apologize for being a bother, for example. You just ask. You don't dance around what you want, or what happened, you simply state it.