It is not a word that I encounter much in conversation. I am reminded of Waugh's observations on U and Non-U usage, that most people don't reason from principles and generalize from wide experience, they adopt and apply shibboleths. But clearly I speak as one of the un-cultured.
It is not a word that I encounter much in conversation. I am reminded of Waugh's observations on U and Non-U usage, that most people don't reason from principles and generalize from wide experience, they adopt and apply shibboleths. But clearly I speak as one of the un-cultured.
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