PizzaDeposit@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoFor you, does "pretty good" mean something is better or worse than just "good"?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down13
arrow-up168arrow-down1message-squareFor you, does "pretty good" mean something is better or worse than just "good"?PizzaDeposit@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareLemmyLefty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·11 months agoA shrug and a “pretty good” = acceptable, not worth complaining about. A slow grin first or it being said loudly = better than good, great. Although this depends on how emotive the speaker is.
minus-squareKafanzi Max. Praetor@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoif someone shrugs with pretty good or shrugs with good to me the former is still better than the latter. I don’t see a way for pretty good to mean less than good
A shrug and a “pretty good” = acceptable, not worth complaining about.
A slow grin first or it being said loudly = better than good, great.
Although this depends on how emotive the speaker is.
if someone shrugs with pretty good
or shrugs with good
to me the former is still better than the latter.
I don’t see a way for pretty good to mean less than good