Q & A What's your love language?

[Morgan]

Let's play "royal 'we' or first-person 'we'?"

Ah, neither "royal" nor "first-person", but rather in "patronising-second-person."

From Oxford: The patronising "we" is used in place of "you" in familiarity, often with mild condescension or sarcasm, as in addressing a child or a patient. It is an emotionally non-neutral usage, hinting a facetious assurance that the one in question is not alone in their situation: "How are we feeling today?", or "Aren't we looking cute?"

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

Ah, neither "royal" nor "first-person", but rather in "patronising-second-person".

From Oxford: The patronising "we" is used in place of "you" in familiarity, often with mild condescension or sarcasm, as in addressing a child or a patient. It is an emotionally non-neutral usage, hinting a facetious assurance that the one in question is not alone in their situation: "How are we feeling today?", or "Aren't we looking cute?"

I didn't know that had its own name. That was what I meant by the royal we.

I learned today.

 

[Chase]

Are we perhaps practicing Umélam?

[Royal]"We" are not practicing Tibetian Buddhism, [Royal]"we're" Pali, so it's Majjhimapatipada, to you.

Ah, neither "royal" nor "first-person", but rather in "patronising-second-person."

So... every time you've used 'we' in that sense, you've been patronizing me?

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

So... every time you've used 'we' in that sense, you've been patronizing me?

Is this news?

 

[Emma Bezzle]

Is this news?

Was thinking the exact same thing

 

[Lucy]

9 Words of Affirmation
9 Quality Time
7 Acts of Service
3 Physical Touch
1 Receiving Gifts

 

[Morgan]

This is rather polarising, but correct. Gifts mean nothing to me, and words mean little.

12 - Acts of Service
9 - Quality Time
6 - Physical Touch
3 - Words of Affirmation
0 - Receiving Gifts

 

[Chase]

12 - Acts of Service
9 - Quality Time
6 - Physical Touch
3 - Words of Affirmation
0 - Receiving Gifts

Your 'score' is a predictive mathematical sequence:
4 x 3 = 12
3 x 3 = 9
2 x 3 = 6
1 x 3 = 3
0 x 3 = 0

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

Gifts mean nothing to me, and words mean little.

Well, don't mince words, Carm.

 

[Patty]

9 Receiving Gifts
8 Physical Touch
6 Words of Affirmation
4 Quality Time
3 Acts of Service

Gifts and touch! Yays! notices she's almost the opposite of Carmen

 

[Patty]

Your 'score' is a predictive mathematical sequence

Thread: "What's your LOVE language?"
Chase: *Sees math*
?

 

[Chase]

Thread: "What's your LOVE language?"
Chase: Sees math
?

Math is a valid love language. 1+1=2 and all that.