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posted by [identity profile] wildeabandon.livejournal.com at 01:16pm on 07/05/2009
Another vote for very tone/context dependent.
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posted by [identity profile] robert-jones.livejournal.com at 02:25pm on 07/05/2009
I'm not sure about this. I thought at first it did, but I don't think there is any tone or context in which it could mean anything worse than above average. If I say of something I've just eaten, "This really isn't bad," I mean it's very good. If I say grumpily, "Huh - not bad I suppose," then I'm less enthusiastic, but I still mean better than average. If I wanted to signify average, I'd say something like, "Not completely dreadful".
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posted by [identity profile] wildeabandon.livejournal.com at 02:33pm on 07/05/2009
Hmm. I think there's quite a gap between average and completely dreadful, and it's into that gap that a grumpy "Huh - not bad I suppose" would fall if I were saying it.
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