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I've noticed "honestly" is often used in place of "frankly". As in someone wants to express something frankly without prior restraint to appease the sensibiliti
by giantrobot 2y ago
I've noticed "honestly" is often used in place of "frankly". As in someone wants to express something frankly without prior restraint to appease the sensibilities of the recipient(s). I think it's because a lot of people never really learned the definition of frankness or think "frankly..." sounds a bit old fashioned. But I'm no language expert.
- doctorhandshake 2y agoI agree with this. And it doesn’t help that the President uses it like one would usually use ‘furthermore’ when he’s vamping one more element to a list.
- lucianbr 2y agoThis makes a lot of sense.