Ela James Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I’d love to understand the thinking behind some people’s actions …, it went like this: I was talking with some strangers when one of them asked, out of the blue, which city do you come from? I answered: Make a guess! - ummm, but no offence though, are you from X ( or Y ) city? My question: why would their be a likelihood of an offence being committed if they guessed a possible city I might have come from … I am honestly at a loss and would really love to understand :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 You clearly have completely mis-understood their comment. Are you foreign or something?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ela James Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 How would you understand it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Like This: "Good Evening Sir, how are you?" "Wonderful, thank you for asking" "Your accent is quite striking, from where do you hail??" "From the City of Sheffield my good friend" "Goodness how interesting" "I don't mean to be rude, but I would have placed your accent from another city, I must be mistaken" "That's quite all right my good friend" "Have a good evening" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 How would you understand it? They didn't want to upset you by claiming you were a native of a city that you weren't. Q Are you from Leeds? **Questioner departs with a broken nose** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ela James Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 There is no claiming .. and there is no confession … none of that at all! A asked B a question, B offered A the chance to guess the answer A then says “ but no offence, is the answer …?” Please help me search for the reason, or the possibilities that his guess/ answer might be seen as an offence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SqueakyPete Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 There is no claiming .. and there is no confession … none of that at all! A asked B a question, B offered A the chance to guess the answer A then says “ but no offence, is the answer …?” Please help me search for the reason, or the possibilities that his guess/ answer might be seen as an offence Don't you think the best person to ask this question would have been Mr/Mrs A? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ela James Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 I did but got no answer unfortunately My theory - and not sure if it is correct - the person who is about to guess the answer sees something potentially negative in the reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneha Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 There is no claiming .. and there is no confession … none of that at all! A asked B a question, B offered A the chance to guess the answer A then says “ but no offence, is the answer …?” Please help me search for the reason, or the possibilities that his guess/ answer might be seen as an offence A, is telling B not to be offended if they guess wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertramp Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 No offence but this thread is boring. Tra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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