What do I mean by "maintain face"?

Mar 03, 2006 02:45

When I talked about "maintaining face" last Friday, I meant it in a social/linguistics sense rather than anything having to do with "honor" or other such nebulous concepts ( Read more... )

cultural expectations, linguistics

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klicrai March 4 2006, 09:06:31 UTC
That may be so, but most people understand "face" in the sense of honor. You'll probably have to have this discussion every time you use the term in it's new (though very similar) form. Ah, the limitations of the english language.

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