“Will you marry me?”
He asked and she replied
“What mean you by this?”
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n.b. A simple proposal, at the sound of it, but is the real meaning of the question clear? What motives underlie the request for a hand in marriage? Is the wording a phrase designed to obscure and confuse, or crystal clear and hence the associated diamond ring?
CLP 25/02/2019
Journey of Words 