Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Royal We

I don't like false politeness and I notice that people seem to think that the royal we is polite. "How are we today?" a waiter might ask. "I hope we have had a nice vacation," the doctor might remark. "What have we been up to?" a colleague might wonder.

Am I alone in disliking the royal we? What do we think about it?

--Curly

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