White lies, polite lies [ Reading & Writing / Communication ]
… The editor of Thraliana in her turn accused Hester Thrale of dissimulating ( Thraliana I, x), and one such example of dissimulation, at least, is mentioned by Thrale herself: 16 . Thraliana: The Diary of Mrs. Hester Lynch Thrale, … whatever her private feelings. The performance of politness thus involve s not only polite lies and omissions, but some dissimulation, too . Following Norbert Elias, sociolinguist Harald Weinrich asserts the ‘corporeal component’ of the code …
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