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11-Jul-2007, 19:49
| | |  demanding for a explanation
I have just met a colleague and after telling her I'd missed her at the welcoming recepetion to new employees yesterday, she tried to justify herself repeatedly for having missed the event. I wanted to tell her that I never meant to demand an explanation, but I wanted to have said that in one word (an adjective most likely). What could it be? Something that could be used in a sentence like "Oh, I didn't mean to be..." or "Please, do not take me wrong. I wasn't being..." |
11-Jul-2007, 23:46
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| | Re: demanding for a explanation
How about just plain ‘demanding’; or ‘rude’, pushy‘, ‘pesky’, ‘annoying’, ‘a pest’, ‘impolite’, ‘bossy’, ‘domineering’, ‘controlling’, ‘a control freak’, ...  |
11-Jul-2007, 23:55
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| | Re: demanding for a explanation
I think rude is your best choice.
~R |
12-Jul-2007, 00:10
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| | Re: demanding for a explanation
Yep! Rude is the best! (Don't get me wrong!  )
Good night people, it's 01:08, I can't keep my eyes open! |
12-Jul-2007, 00:17
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| | Re: demanding for a explanation
What you didn't mean to be was accusatory. If you tell someone that you missed him at a meeting, that is not rude. If that person thinks that he needs to explain himself, then he mistook your sincere concern for an accusation of incompetence; he thought you were being accusatory. |
12-Jul-2007, 00:34
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| | Re: demanding for a explanation
Try: I didn't mean to accuse you of anything.
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12-Jul-2007, 00:37
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| | Re: demanding for a explanation
Ron,
Great Tar Heel minds think alike.
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12-Jul-2007, 00:41
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| | Re: demanding for a explanation
Quote:
Originally Posted by mykwyner  Ron,
Great Tar Heel minds think alike.
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12-Jul-2007, 03:13
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| | Re: demanding for a explanation
Or "critical."
I wasn't being critical - I just meant that I was sorry not to see you there! |
12-Jul-2007, 23:14
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| | Re: demanding for a explanation
Here’re 2 more to really give Unregistered a good choice: nosy, prying. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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