has the use of "frankly" ever been discussed here?

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Mar 8, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Bill Palmer wrote:

> Put me down on your list.
>
> Only thing worse is "quite frankly...", which means, "whatever
> follows is a
> complete falsehood"

no, it doesn't.  it sometimes (far from always) is interpreted by
listeners/readers as a signal of insincerity.

arnold

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