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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Don't forget
"I didn't say X, rather I said [what to anybody else would be an almost imperceptibly different] variant of X,"
and its cousin,
"I wouldn't go so far as to say Y, rather I would say [some pussy footed ass covering] variant of Y."
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Yeah, but now you're getting into locution. And that's easy to spot without slight distinctions imperceptible to the non-lawyer.
A surgeon I recently dealt with walked into the room, and before I even opened my mouth said "you're a lawyer, aren't you." I asked him to explain, and he said he guessed based on Vitamin D deficiency. Which locution of course allowed me to identify him as a doctor.
