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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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put word in mouth
Wife: Isn't my husband not sociable.
Friend: I guess he's not very sociable.
Husband: Stop putting word in 'Friends' mouth. Obviously if you tell him I'm not sociable, he's not going to contradict you. Had you said I was sociable, he would have said I was. Stop phrasing your question in a way that makes the person have to say what you want to hear.
I know to put words in someone's mouth means to suggest that someone meant one thing when really they meant another. That's not what I'm trying to say.
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Friend: I guess he's not very sociable.
Husband: Stop putting word in 'Friends' mouth. Obviously if you tell him I'm not sociable, he's not going to contradict you. Had you said I was sociable, he would have said I was. Stop phrasing your question in a way that makes the person have to say what you want to hear.
I know to put words in someone's mouth means to suggest that someone meant one thing when really they meant another. That's not what I'm trying to say.
Thanks
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Wife: Isn't my husband un sociable ? Friend: I guess he's not very sociable. Husband: Stop putting word s in Friend's mouth.
- Wife: Isn't my husband un sociable ?
- Friend: I guess he's not very sociable.
- Husband: Stop putting word s in Friend's mouth.
- Obviously if you tell him I'm not sociable, he's not going to contradict you.
- Had you said I was sociable, he would have said I was.
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Wife: Isn't my husband unsociable?
Friend: I guess he's not very sociable.
Husband: Stop putting words in Friend's mouth. Obviously if you tell him I'm not sociable, he's not going to contradict you. Had you said I was sociable, he would have said I was. Stop phrasing your question in a way that makes the person have to say what you want to hear.
Friend: I guess he's not very sociable.
Husband: Stop putting words in Friend's mouth. Obviously if you tell him I'm not sociable, he's not going to contradict you. Had you said I was sociable, he would have said I was. Stop phrasing your question in a way that makes the person have to say what you want to hear.
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