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Originally Posted by hildea
DiapDealer: You probably didn't intend it that way, but your "I can assure you" came across as pretty condescending, so I can understand the sigh.  |
If so, I apologize. That was not my intention.
I'm a little surprised that anyone would view the phrase "I can assure you" as being condescending in nature, to be truthful, though. I've never encountered that interpretation before. For me, it's merely a way to assert that I'm about to say something I know to be true about myself. That someone would think that "you moron," or "you idiot" could be automatically implied as being appended to the statement never occurred to me. Which is the only way I can see the phrase "I can assure you" being considered inherently condescending in any way.
Thanks for your insight into chronology, though. "I can assure you" that it's appreciated.
