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serinde ([personal profile] serinde) wrote2006-10-16 01:21 pm
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On instinctive reactions

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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[identity profile] elibalin.livejournal.com 2006-10-16 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
c) Aware of all the exits.

[identity profile] syringavulgaris.livejournal.com 2006-10-16 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
CONFORM TO TICKY-BOXES! CONFORM!!

Oh, very well

[identity profile] elibalin.livejournal.com 2006-10-16 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
There are few social situations which may not be turned around with a knowing expression, an upraised chin, and the utterance, "Well, now."

[identity profile] dkfromtk.livejournal.com 2006-10-16 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Incoherent.

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

Right?

...

Right?

[identity profile] msg1138.livejournal.com 2006-10-16 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
D) Pig latin!

[identity profile] missionista.livejournal.com 2006-10-17 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
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.
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[identity profile] xlerb.livejournal.com 2006-10-17 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
Incoherent is what I actually do. Stilted would, I expect, be more useful in most situations.
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