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Re: On "graciously" accepting
I'm not sure it really matters. I recall watching old videos where Woodie tried to get team to just say only the team number they wanted to invite (instead of teams xx and xx would like to invite xx)... and asking them to be brief. Just cuz someone says only "yes" doesn't mean they are ungracious either. I think it's read into too much.
I think "yes we accept" is just as good as "we graciously accept" or "heck yeah we accept!". Just a matter of preference I guess. I'd like to hear people change it up so long as it's brief.
I don't think they are calling themselves gracious. I always interpreted that saying as "We are honored that you chose us and we accept this thankfully".... Synonym for gracious is "cordial", "polite", and "courteous". Either way, if I called or considered myself polite or cordial, that's not ungracious at all. Any of those words is fine - none sound conceited or ungracious to me.
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