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To: marcusmaximus
developing a friendship

Be reasonable! It's better described as a "rapport."

Regards,

32 posted on 02/21/2025 5:50:07 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek

developing a friendship
Be reasonable! It’s better described as a “rapport.”

Regards,


Ah, rapport is a better word.

rapport | raˈpôr |
noun

a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well: “she was able to establish a good rapport with the children” | “there was little rapport between them.”

origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘report, talk’): French, from rapporter ‘bring back’. The sense ‘harmonious relationship’ dates from the mid 17th century.


50 posted on 02/21/2025 7:40:14 AM PST by abigkahuna
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