Ever so
Aldo's thread on 'quite the' reminded me of this one.Never used in Scotland, we viewed it as quite an 'effeminate' English expression (similar to 'shall' for 'will').However, I have since met many...
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As in "thanks ever so"? If I have that usage right, here in the states, it's used for its comic effect with a faux accent. I can't imagine anyone would use it seriously.
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An old gym teacher used to say "bend your knees ever so slightly" to us. New Jersey, late 1960's.
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It's used in Australia, but it has a jocular ring to it.It was an American, though, who wrote, "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home."
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I think jtab has hit on something. The phrase "ever so" in US speak is probably mostly used unaffectedly in phrases like "ever so slightly." Most other uses would be a least slightly affected.
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