- “Right?” does not always have an impolite air in English, even in falling intonation tags.
- more precise and socially impartial.
- “Right?” tends to be favoured by the slightly less sophisticated user.
- an unproven a socially-blinkered statement.
I don’t perceive “right?” to be impolite. When I make a statement to support an argument, I sometimes use “right?” diffidently at the end of the statement to be polite, to pretend that I’m unsure of the statement.
I’m not sure where that “almost always” with a quote mark comes from.
Cf. my actual statements (which relate to BrE only):
If the speaker is asking you to settle a genuine doubt, it isn’t necessarily impolite; but elsewhere, it can sound a little “cocky”.
When you eventually fall out with your friend, your chirpy “right” will begin to seem disagreeably “cocky”, “provocative”, “peremptory”, etc.
MrP
“Right?” does not always have an impolite air in English, even in falling intonation tags.
Next?
Well, now you are arguing against statements I haven’t made. It must be a very rainy day in Spain.
I’ll leave you to tilt at your Molinos, old chap.
MrP
Which type of tag do BrEng speakers generally use if they need to settle a genuine doubt, rising intonation tags or falling ones?