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I think this is a US/UK English thing, in the US 'quite' only means 'very' whereas in the UK it often means 'a bit'. (I'm guessing your from the UK).
by abdulhaq 12y ago
I think this is a US/UK English thing, in the US 'quite' only means 'very' whereas in the UK it often means 'a bit'. (I'm guessing your from the UK).
- astrodust 12y agoCanadian, which does have a lot of British influence. Saying a burrito is "quite spicy" usually means "surprisingly" but not "excessively" or "extraordinarily".
- marcosdumay 12y agoI'm Brazilian. Those things are already too subtle and hard enough to learn in a second language. People defining the same expression with widely conflicting meanings in different places do literally turn it into a maze :)
- merrua 12y agoIt should mean, you can't get it wrong, but instead it tends you mean, you are always wrong. Ah well.