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Thread #167435   Message #4038826
Posted By: meself
10-Mar-20 - 12:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: New Speak: words they are achangin
Subject: RE: BS: New Speak: words they are achangin
Btw, I wouldn't say that "if you will" means "in my opinion" - it's synonymous with "as it were" - in other words, the speaker is expressing awareness that there is something unusual - if not potentially offensive or misleading - in her wording. Not an expression I use, but it doesn't, if you will, get up my nose.