Re: None taken... I think.
Sam, on host 24.128.86.11
Tuesday, May 29, 2001, at 16:08:53
None taken... I think. posted by Gahalia on Sunday, May 27, 2001, at 11:19:47:
> It always bothers me when someone says "No offense, but..."
The military equivalent is "Meaning no disrespect, sir, but...." This phrase prefixes something disrespectful.
My father was in the army and worked his way up to Lieutenant Colonel before he retired. He told me the story about how someone said that to him, and my father interrupted him and said, "Stop right there." And that was the end of that.
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