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Originally Posted by Kerbouchard
He isn't talking about a total ban, because the words:
'What'
'would'
'you'
and 'do'. would still be available for use, just not in that order.
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Do what you would" wouldn't work in the same situations.
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Would what you do ..." has potential.
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You, what would do" is a bit "East End" for my tastes, but it'll work in a pinch.
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Do what? Would you? might even work, but only in response to someone else's choice.
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Would you do what?" is right out, since irony/satire is already on the list.
Hm. Plenty of options, I suppose. Not the same thing, though. (Sort of like being relegated to using a knife when a gun's banned, or a stiff pen when a knife is off-limits.)
Either way, we're left with this, the presumption that another knows what one's thoughts and expression
should instead be.