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Nictuku

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5. I usually use "Ummm, well" at the beginning of a sentence

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 1, 2025, 03:49 PM

Jan 1

when I'm trying to say something truthful, that might offend the person listening, and I'm trying to make it less offensive, usually put into a question format.

"Um, well, doesn't such and such mean this and that?" kind of thing

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