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Old 12-11-2003, 19:11   #36
Theodoric
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Re: Annoys the pants off

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Originally Posted by towny
anyone being excessively verbose in order to sound authoritative, e.g.

'We are unable to ascertain the cause of death at this point in time,' instead of 'We can't yet tell how he died.' Does police school train recruits out of the art of speaking clearly?
Nah, that one's dead easy. It was the butler wot done it.
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