On instinctive reactions

[serinde]

So, when taken off-balance in a social situation, I have a 50% chance of gibbering incoherently and a 50% chance of retreating into Jane Austen-esque super-formal language. I think the latter is better. Is it?

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[elibalin.livejournal.com]

c) Aware of all the exits.

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

CONFORM TO TICKY-BOXES! CONFORM!!

Oh, very well

[elibalin.livejournal.com]

There are few social situations which may not be turned around with a knowing expression, an upraised chin, and the utterance, "Well, now."

[dkfromtk.livejournal.com]

Incoherent.

I wouldn't do it so much if it weren't right, right?

Right?

...

Right?

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

D) Pig latin!

[missionista.livejournal.com]

OK, I'm not pround of this...I've occasionally hidden when about to run into someone unexpectedly. If hidden, one can be neither stilted nor incoherent.

[xlerb.livejournal.com]

Incoherent is what I actually do. Stilted would, I expect, be more useful in most situations.