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janwillemb
3402 days ago
Offtopic: "with all due respect" is often followed by words void of respect.
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Symbiote
3402 days ago
He is British. "With all due respect" means no respect is due. I don't think it's possible to show less respect while appearing polite. In other words,
them's fighting words
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http://todayilearned.co.uk/2012/12/04/what-the-british-say-v...
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LeoPanthera
3402 days ago
This is perfectly fine if the amount of respect due is sufficiently low.
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77pt77
3401 days ago
Given the answers that cloudflare is giving I's say it's quickly approaching zero.
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janwillemb
3402 days ago
Ha! Excellent point!
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http://todayilearned.co.uk/2012/12/04/what-the-british-say-v...