single word requests - Any less impolite alternatives for the too . . . The OED says of this interjection that its usage ranges from “informal” to “impolite”: Expressing annoyance, anger, or surprise Also with intensifying adjective, as bloody hell, fucking hell, etc The register of usage ranges from informal to impolite The earliest and latest citations provided for this usage in the OED are these two:
Is you cant have it both ways impolite? Whats a polite alternative? You might try something like, "It seems to me that this is an either or situation, where either we can do X or we can do Y, but we can't do both; but If I'm misreading the situation, please let me know where I've got it wrong "
unpolite or impolite - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In modern English, the correct term is "impolite" However, Google Ngrams shows that two hundred years ago, it was more common to say "unpolite" Both in- (im-) and un- are used for different adjectives, I don't think there is a rule for which one to choose
Whats a word to describe topics that would be impolite to talk about? @BrianHitchcock - very interesting and informative lists! Women's age is not taboo in UK as a point of discussion at all, and 'cars' are talked about often by women here, but there is one subject that seems top of the taboo list (or so I thought) throughout most of the West, including the UK - ill health, or sickness generally, and death mortality
Is the expression see you when I see you impolite? It sounds just slightly impolite to me, and I think the reason is the implication that you won't be making an effort to see the person again That may or may not be the case, but in either event there's no reason to mention it I would recommend "see you soon" or "I hope to see you soon "
word choice - Would you say its impolite to your kids? - English . . . Although it's true that you don't hear impolite often in casual speech One fear, of course, is that they'd start appending "im—" to every other kind of word to negate it, but I've read that's how they naturally learn the rules of grammaticality, by broadly over-applying and then restricting to exclude irregular forms
meaning - About the use of say please - English Language Usage . . . Yes, what you said was impolite Or, at least, this person perceived you were However, the impoliteness is cultural rather than linguistic - different versions of English don’t use “please” the same way In British and Australian English almost every request for action must be accompanied by “please”
What do you call the type of impoliteness where a person you know . . . rude or impolite : not showing good manners showing rudeness and a lack of consideration for other people You could also consider insolent, though that may be harsher than necessary in my opinion boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting Rude, ill-mannered, or just plain impolite should also suffice