I seemed to remember that the word "nice" itself had a debatable history,
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976719643 unfortunately a quick look only turned up this which is a start at least.
Oh and... "The word nice meant stupid and foolish in the late 13th Century. It went through a number of changes including wanton, extravagant, elegant, strange, modest, thin, and shy. By the middle of the 18th Century it had gained its current meaning of pleasant and agreeable."
Although if it wasn't for dictionaries I expect that it would of flopped again because it's just too easy to say something is "nice" and mean the opposite.
Isn't that nice.
so you see how important it is never to actually be nice, and if anybody says that you're "not nice", take it was obviously meant - as a compliment.
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Date: 2008-12-27 08:55 am (UTC)http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976719643 unfortunately a quick look only turned up this which is a start at least.
Oh and... "The word nice meant stupid and foolish in the late 13th Century. It went through a number of changes including wanton, extravagant, elegant, strange, modest, thin, and shy. By the middle of the 18th Century it had gained its current meaning of pleasant and agreeable."
Although if it wasn't for dictionaries I expect that it would of flopped again because it's just too easy to say something is "nice" and mean the opposite.
Isn't that nice.
so you see how important it is never to actually be nice, and if anybody says that you're "not nice", take it was obviously meant - as a compliment.