Wednesday 1 April 2015

Some things are just implied!

Some comments on certain events are only incidental and not central to the intention of the commenter. The event is perhaps brought into play to keep the object implied for a wise audience.

An example is: you want to tell an obese homegirl to watch her weight, but you don’t feel comfortable expressing it openly. Tact allows you to do so without being direct. You may for instance draw on a certain body type and say: “Wow! Look at this; nothing is sexier than a nice body – man! A lady should watch her weight.”

See, you weren’t sarcastic –I don’t think so. You didn’t throw shade or call any name either, but I should expect you to be tacitly overstood…‘daha ginarr wahalleh sohla’ if you like – not best, but not bad for an attempt…howma sah, I guess junja doye na borom khel!

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