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    Re: Is there a correct/accepted way to finish a dance?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Caro View Post
    (really) nice

    Please don't use this word! I hate this word! IT's the word everyone uses when they don't really like something!
    Last edited by ducasi; 28th-March-2007 at 12:15 PM. Reason: thread split

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    Re: Is there a correct/accepted way to finish a dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by Freya View Post
    (about saying 'nice') Please don't use this word! I hate this word! IT's the word everyone uses when they don't really like something!
    you English people... Seriously, nice means nice, don't say it if you don't mean it.

    although I have to say I have a bit of the same reaction with 'lovely'... people seem to say that for any sort of reason and it had well devaluated the meaning of it for me... sure best way to disappoint me is to say 'lovely!'
    Last edited by ducasi; 28th-March-2007 at 12:18 PM. Reason: removed duplicated material still in original thread.

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    Re: Is there a correct/accepted way to finish a dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by Caro View Post
    Like TB, it's happened to me too, maybe the Scottish men are better at this

    ...

    you English people... Seriously, nice means nice, don't say it if you don't mean it.
    One minute we're Scottish, the next English!

    Anyway, our English teacher used to tell us "Be precise – don't use nice!"

    Quote Originally Posted by Caro View Post
    although I have to say I have a bit of the same reaction with 'lovely'... people seem to say that for any sort of reason and it had well devaluated the meaning of it for me... sure best way to disappoint me is to say 'lovely!'
    * must resist temptation to say something sarcy!!! *
    Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story

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    Re: Is there a correct/accepted way to finish a dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    One minute we're Scottish, the next English!
    Heh - we've been trying to pull that trick off for centuries. Good that we've finally managed it. Now on to the Welsh
    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    Anyway, our English teacher used to tell us "Be precise – don't use nice!"
    Presumably because 'precise' is one of the many meanings of 'nice' - and in days gone by, it was one of the main meanings, unlike today. Which, I believe, is a shame.

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    * must resist temptation to say something sarcy!!! *
    Why?
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    Re: Is there a correct/accepted way to finish a dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jhutch View Post
    Sorry, but that made me laugh when you scroll back uo DJ's most recent post
    Yeah unfortunately didn't realise it had taken me sooooo Long to post my reply to DJ's First post!

    Quote Originally Posted by Caro View Post
    you English people... Seriously, nice means nice, don't say it if you don't mean it.

    although I have to say I have a bit of the same reaction with 'lovely'... people seem to say that for any sort of reason and it had well devaluated the meaning of it for me... sure best way to disappoint me is to say 'lovely!'
    That one too!

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    Re: Is there a correct/accepted way to finish a dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    One minute we're Scottish, the next English!
    Ok let me rephrase: you british people (and I could have added 'and your Art of Understatement' as well )

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    * must resist temptation to say something sarcy!!! *
    and yet I left you with such a big opportunity for it... that must be hard to resist.

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    Re: Is there a correct/accepted way to finish a dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by straycat264 View Post
    Presumably because 'precise' is one of the many meanings of 'nice' - and in days gone by, it was one of the main meanings, unlike today. Which, I believe, is a shame.
    No, because she (or was it he?) was sick of reading essays where everything was "nice".

    This was back in primary school, so a typical example might look like this...
    My Summer Holiday

    For our summer holiday we went to France. It was nice. We stayed in a nice hotel by the beach. The food was nice. It was very hot. I got sun burn. It was not nice.

    Etc...
    Same thing with "lovely".
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    Re: Nice and lovely...

    I knew someone who liked me (poor girl) I just said she was just too ‘nice’ for me and meant it

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    Re: Nice and lovely...

    I always though that lovely was a bit of a come-on when used about a person (although welsh people tend to use it to talk about each other generally so i make exceptions there) I don't think that 'nice' is necessarily that bad - just that when it is used excessively (as in the example above) that it shows a lack of originality.

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    Re: Is there a correct/accepted way to finish a dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by Freya View Post
    Moved from the thread linked by the quote below... – ducasi



    Please don't use this word! I hate this word! IT's the word everyone uses when they don't really like something!
    Exactamundo.

    Sample usage: (female to lovestruck male) "You're a really nice man but..." or "You're always so nice to me"...

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    Re: Is there a correct/accepted way to finish a dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by Freya View Post
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    Please don't use this word! I hate this word! IT's the word everyone uses when they don't really like something!
    I don't mind 'nice'. I know lots of people don't like it when they're described as 'nice', because they actually think it means something negative! But I use it when I think something/someone is actually, well, nice. Of course I could use lots of other words, like lovely, great, delicious, fabulous, brilliant, gorgeous etc etc, but sometimes 'nice' actually fits best.

    But I guess 'nice' is a bit balnd, and also over used...

    Another very much over used word in the English language, is 'love'. It kind of loses some of it's power when it's over used.....

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    Re: Nice and lovely...

    A compliment is a compliment whether someone says a dance is nice or lovely. I wouldn't walk away feeling put-out if someone used nice/lovely in a heartfelt manner. Why second guess someone who's been well-meaning.

    Overusage of nice in the written language can be irritating though.

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    Re: Nice and lovely...

    Quote Originally Posted by Little Monkey View Post
    I don't mind 'nice'. I know lots of people don't like it when they're described as 'nice', because they actually think it means something negative!
    I don't understand this at all. Why people take things as negative because of words used - when clearly the intent has been to say something positive. If someone thinks the intent was to be nasty but wrap it up in nice (!) words, then fair enough, but why do people not accept a compliment just because it wasn't worded the way they want?

    Tone of voice is important - You can say 'Oh how nice of them to do that!' or say 'It was... (pause)...nice.' and use the word in different ways.

    Quote Originally Posted by jive_me View Post
    A compliment is a compliment whether someone says a dance is nice or lovely. I wouldn't walk away feeling put-out if someone used nice/lovely in a heartfelt manner. Why second guess someone who's been well-meaning.
    Exactly!

    If someone smilingly said to me 'that was a lovely dance' - I'd be complimented.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post
    I knew someone who liked me (poor girl) I just said she was just too ‘nice’ for me and meant it
    But it doesn't explain why you didn't return her feelings
    So what was the real reason?

    While we're in thread splitting mode, why not just go wild.

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    Re: Is there a correct/accepted way to finish a dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by Caro View Post
    you English people... Seriously, nice means nice, don't say it if you don't mean it.

    although I have to say I have a bit of the same reaction with 'lovely'... people seem to say that for any sort of reason and it had well devaluated the meaning of it for me... sure best way to disappoint me is to say 'lovely!'

    Other meaning of nice is a sweet biscuit covered in sugar or an exotic holiday resort in the South of France now that appeals!

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