A: Oh, vicar. How was Amy when you went to see her at the hospital today?
B's response either:
1) By the time I had arrived she was already gone.
2) When I got there she was already out.
3) She had left the hospital before I got there.
4) She was discharged and went home Sunday morning.
Here we note the importance of choosing words carefully. All of these answers actually say the same thing, and of course would be properly interpreted with an appropriate tone of voice. However, answer one could be interpreted as death. Answer two could be interpreted as: "Amy was already sleeping", or maybe that she was already being prepped for surgery. The third and fourth answers are a bit more clear, although they could both be stretched and interpreted to mean "put on hospice". And so, the final conclusion, which has been figured out by many before me(if you notice, everyone uses this response when asked how they are doing), but possibly not examined, is as follows:
A: Oh, vicar. How was Amy when you went to see her at the hospital today?
B: Good.
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2 comments:
I think its 'posed to be 'well.' She was 'well.'
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THE Wholesome Goodness will not respond to such silly comments when certainly she was "good".
Funny side note, do you know what the enemy of 'good' is?
'better'.
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