@antonyjohnston I think you can extract "You can't buy trust. You can't force it." and keep it as a nice maxim.
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Thinking about AI controversies in writing, and all the cautionary instructions to not use em-dashes, or semicolons, or short sentences, so that readers don’t think your book is AI-generated, and… well, first of all, get knotted with that rubbish. -
Semi serious question, (please do not ask "AI") I can do web searches just fine so please answer from your own experience:@afreytes In Spanish, there are many words that are considered rude and should not be used in polite conversation, but people do not refrain about using them when they want to use them like I've noticed Americans do when they say 'f-ing instead of... well, you know. They are not four-letter words either.
In some circles there are specific words that other groups not use, but I am guessing that's universal.