It's not so much the words, it's the frequency of !!!!
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Replying to @EvoMellor @nicebread303
Will visit the US the first time for SIPS. Given how much I despise fake/exaggerated enthusiasm, I expect they'll absolutely hate me there
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Wait to you see how they write recommendation letters
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I wonder how a German candidate could ever get a job there ...
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Replying to @nicebread303 @lakens and
>until someone said: "Wait, this letter is from the UK." This then led to a reinterpretation of the comment. Disaster averted.
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Replying to @RolfZwaan @nicebread303 and
Uh, don't upset you all but Britishisms don't actually mean multiply it by 10 to get what an American means. Took me years to learn as a
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Replying to @o_guest @RolfZwaan and
Mediterranean but it's way way more nuanced. E.g. signing off email with "Regards" as opposed to "Cheers" or "Kind Regards" actually means
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Replying to @o_guest @RolfZwaan and
"fuck off"... so you might think "quite productive" means very and you might be right, but given pragmatics it could also mean "good at
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Replying to @o_guest @RolfZwaan and
pretending to be working". The British can be quite good at being extremely passive aggressive with a nuanced mix of classism too.
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Replying to @o_guest @RolfZwaan and
The classic example from Yes Minister: "That would certainly be a courageous move, Minister" *looking panicked "Would it?!"
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Some really good caricatures in Blackadder too showing the brazen mix of classism and passive aggressive wit/banter.
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Replying to @o_guest @RolfZwaan and
Growing up with Blackadder, watching from age 6, I wonder why it took me few years to grasp the high calibre passive aggressive elitism.


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