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[quote=Anonymous]One of the PPs. Look, if I were to think about it, I'd realize this is a word less commonly used and probably substitute. Even for a letter to a family member -- and that's what this was, NOT a co-worker (don't know where people came up with that*) -- I'd try to tailor language.

However, that's only if I thought about it. I might not, and that would have nothing to do with what I thought of the receiver. I wouldn't be bragging, or showing off, or stretching myself to find something obscure. It's just a word to me, for the most part. It isn't about you. Just a word that clicked perfectly into that slot.

I don't think some people understand that. If i played basketball, I might shoot a perfect hoop in the driveway, and that wouldn't be about you. If I were making dinner in a shared hostel kitchen, I might splash a fresh squeeze of lemon at the end, and that wouldn't be about trying to show off pretentious culinary skills. (They aren't pretentious. It's just a hit of acid.)

Do I get that emails are about communication and necessarily take into account more than one person? Sure. When I'm on my game, I tailor it better. But if I don't it wouldn't be about you being the main character I'm trying to impress. It would just be a word, although one that could have been better chosen.

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*As from earlier in the thread:

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you really have to correct this person’s understanding of your life when you were in your 20s? Can’t you just ignore their mistaken impression and carry on with a different conversation? I don’t understand why this requires a response in a work email.[/quote]

This wasn’t a work email. This person is an extended family member and I don’t really want this person going around telling other family members how pathetic my young adulthood was. And I care what this person thinks, also, just because I don’t love the idea of a family member having such a false idea about me. 
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