tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post129844120837668555..comments2024-03-21T00:59:27.758+00:00Comments on The Word Den: Sunday Rest: Word Not To Use Today: genteel.Sally Pruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-39894080971685043042013-05-26T13:08:13.762+01:002013-05-26T13:08:13.762+01:00And I respect your views, too, Ed, but, good grief...And I respect your views, too, Ed, but, good grief, where were you working, the Henry James Re-enactment Society?<br /><br />...or somewhere in Cranford??<br /><br />...or St Mary Mead???Sally Pruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-85383177418102640372013-05-26T12:41:50.735+01:002013-05-26T12:41:50.735+01:00*raises hand*
I'm a tin-eared interloper!
We...*raises hand*<br /><br />I'm a tin-eared interloper!<br /><br />Well, Sally Prue, I rather like the word genteel, because a colleague once said to me they "appreciated my genteel and mannerly disposition".<br /><br />I respect your views on this matter, but I must politely (and with utmost gentility) disagree.<br /><br />There : o ) Eddie Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070797673911194671noreply@blogger.com