Timeline for Usage of “That's final”
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Jul 28, 2014 at 16:41 | comment | added | Brice C. | Strangely enough I said 'arrogant or authoritarian' and no one seems ready to take a firm stance but Niall whose explanations back up the latter. | |
Jul 26, 2014 at 13:21 | comment | added | CocoPop | @FumbleFingers: My point exactly! | |
Jul 26, 2014 at 13:19 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @CocoPop: Quite. But I'd say it's meaningless to suggest the words themselves might be "rude". Any rudeness or arrogance attaches to the context. The speaker has made a decision, and will entertain no further discussion - if that's his right/duty (which it usually would be), the concept of "arrogance/rudeness" is simply irrelevant. | |
Jul 26, 2014 at 12:53 | comment | added | CocoPop | I agree with FumbleFingers - this isn't an Americanism. Also it isn't always rude and is in fact used to insist when someone hesitates to accept a kindness, and is quite reassuring: I'm paying for dinner and that's final! You're not going to any hotel; You're staying with us and that's final! | |
Jul 26, 2014 at 12:50 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | It's not an "Americanism" - it's part of standard English everywhere. | |
Jul 26, 2014 at 12:04 | history | answered | Niall | CC BY-SA 3.0 |