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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
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What about you?
A: You are not handsome.
B: What about you? Do you think you are handsome?
In this conversation, when B talks back, 'what about you?' is natural and implying 'you are not handsome either'?
Thank you so much in advance.
B: What about you? Do you think you are handsome?
In this conversation, when B talks back, 'what about you?' is natural and implying 'you are not handsome either'?
Thank you so much in advance.
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The usual retort to a discourteous comment is: Speak for yourself! But B's remark would also be OK, especially with some sarcasm: What about you, Don Juan?
- The usual retort to a discourteous comment is: Speak for yourself!
- But B's remark would also be OK, especially with some sarcasm: What about you, Don Juan?
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The usual retort to a discourteous comment is: Speak for yourself!
But B's remark would also be OK, especially with some sarcasm:
What about you, Don Juan?
But B's remark would also be OK, especially with some sarcasm:
What about you, Don Juan?
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