Actually I always thought "quite" was somewhere inbetween "somewhat/moderately" and "rather/very" on the scale.
The weather is quite nice if it's like... 75% nice.
Or something like that.
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Actually I always thought "quite" was somewhere inbetween "somewhat/moderately" and "rather/very" on the scale.
The weather is quite nice if it's like... 75% nice.
Or something like that.
:shifty:
This thread makes me want to cry.
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Originally Posted by Miriel
This is absurd. You English always do everything backwards.
How have you British also managed to screw up "quite"?
But rather is quite like quite. Very is quite different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
ugh what get the smurf out of here with your weird language business
This makes the name of the show "Quite Interesting" quite interesting.
This makes me wonder what other things we Americans have been saying wrong.
Like, "you Americans are okay."
Does okay mean terrible and subhuman?