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A comment on Bullshitters: Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives? [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Bullshitters: Who Are They and What Do We Know about Thei... by thanatropism on Thursday April 25, 2019 @01:56PM (#19750761)
ESL here. What is "take tone"?
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Re:Bullshitters: Who Are They and What Do We Know about Thei... by thestoicattack on Thursday April 25, 2019 @03:57PM (#19751914)
To take a certain tone with someone means to speak in a certain way -- as in, use a particular tone of voice.
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Re:Bullshitters: Who Are They and What Do We Know about Thei... by andredz on Thursday April 25, 2019 @03:40PM (#19751744)
ESL as well. I think it might have to do with tuning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_tuning) which is usually done before a concert. So it'd be: ready yourself to make a scene.
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Re:Bullshitters: Who Are They and What Do We Know about Thei... by misterman0 on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:03PM (#19750841)
Sing!

Edit: in case anyone thinks I'm trying to sing the gospel of The Christ, then you are wrong. I'm not a Christian. I'm much more in favor of rationality. I'm using the name of The Lord as a kind of "click-bait" if you will. But you didn't realize I as being doubly-sarcastic, so I realize now why I'm being down-voted.

Shame on me for trying to be witty.

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