On 07.04.19 08:12, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Sorry, I should have tried to be more clear -- sort of a digression, but I > came from an environment where anytime someone used the word assume, someone > else would point out what (they thought) that meant (it makes an ass out of > [yo]u and me).
Not the boys in blue, by any chance? Station sergeants tend to plant that lesson early in a rookie's consciousness, I hear. > I still use the word, but use the "(I know)" as a defensive mechanism to > stave > off the expected response. Given that the implication of "assume" is to take something on faith, without supporting evidence, a safer word might be "surmise". A guess with an implication of thoughtful deliberation behind it leaves little for the overly opinionated to gnaw on. Erik
