"brunt"

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:53 AM -0500 11/8/06, Charles Doyle wrote:
>Just read a student essay that contains this sentence:  "Cleopatra
>makes a brunt declaration that echoes Antony's desire for the
>melting of Rome."
>
>Maybe a typo.  (And no, the student isn't Japanese.)
>
>--Charie
>
brusque + blunt?  Here are a few others, googling on "brunt statement":

As for the brunt statement , I meant the stuff that no one wants to do .

plus the usual boastful and brunt statement

I had intended to suggest a hypothetical question and it seemed to
read as a brunt statement .

LH

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