IS THIS TRUE, BRITISH PEOPLE?
I was quite shocked.
IS THIS TRUE, BRITISH PEOPLE?
Signature by rubah. I think.
It is.
Yeah, that's how quite works.
Depending on the context I use both. I am no native speaker, however. In most cases I guess I would use it with the meaning of "very".
I quite like to think it mirrors our two nation's attitudes to things in general.
Yeah, that's the way I use it down under as well. Quite good=pretty good.
I don't use it often but when I do it's apparently in the British context. I thought everyone used it like that
This is why I am for the separation of Amenglish and English.
The strange thing is I tend to use it both ways. Making every time I use "quite" quite ambiguous.
I feel like I subconsciously understood this but never fully understood why that word irked me. It probably isn't surprising that given that I generally use British usage of most words, I generally mean "rather" when I use the word instead of "very".
It may be a regional thing, actually; some Americans may use it to mean "very" while others mean "rather". But I dunno. I think the word's lack of specifiicity has always irked me.
After I read this thread I has a short discussion about 'quite' with Mr Shauna. It ended with us both being very confused about how we use the word, and a decision that we should stop talking about it.Originally Posted by Vivi22
We seem to use it in both ways, was the conclusion we came to before we moved the conversation onto something else.
lol British English ok
I've used it under each connotation at different times, just depends on how I feel. It's a wonderfully ambiguous word for when you're trying not to insult someone but you can't bring yourself to praise them;
"Oh yes dear, that meal was quite good." when you're really calculating the odds of you dying from food poisoning.
Because I'm one hell of a butler.
I quite agree.
Holy. trout.
My mind is kinda blown right now.
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