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I don't; if anything, I personally find them too charitable and reasonable.

Just admit that you (if you're the one who wrote that response; it's not exactly clear who's who in this discussion...) were being a bit of a twit and move on. We all do it; I do it, the girl next door does it, my grandma even does it and she's the nicest person I know. There's no shame in being honest about it.




No, for example it is 100% uncharitable and unreasonble to assert that "please" is sarcastic. The truth is quite the opposite.


I think we'll have to agree to disagree on that one, then, though thanks for the clarification nonetheless.

Typically (at least in American English vernacular), "please" is very frequently used in a sarcastic manner (e.g. "You think you can jump from the top of that building and not get hurt? Bitch, please." or "Oh please, like you know the difference between a grape and a grapefruit."). While this sarcastic usage is usually accompanied by some other word prefixing it ("Oh please" or "Bitch please" or "Nigga please" or somesuch), it's not uncommon to see a lone "please" used in this sense as well, and the tweet in question very closely resembled that usage.


I'll have to stop saying please when in the US then ;-) But seriously, thanks for taking the time to explain your point of view. alexis.




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