Posted by Dinah on October 12, 2004, at 7:58:07
In reply to Re: We're all confused » Dinah, posted by Toph on October 12, 2004, at 1:30:48
It is so hard to express nuance in writing, although it's something I enjoy trying to do.
When I said that for all I knew, Dr. Bob was expressing an interest in hotel management, I wasn't being literal. It was my smiling offering of the fact that I couldn't really say for sure what he meant exactly. Just that it wasn't my reading of his character or, perhaps even more importantly, style to think that he meant it the way it was being interpreted.
And I also apologize for not grasping that posters might be taking Dr. Bob's words as a comment on newwife's hotel management skills. I can see that if people read it that way, it could appear sarcastic. As it turns out, Dr. Bob made clear that he didn't mean it that way. But I apologize for totally missing an important element of the conversation.
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