Sociolinguistic Artifacts

A recent Saturday Night Live sketch in which Maya Rudolph provides increasingly implausible excuses to pick up her daughter from a sleepover because she doesn't want to explicitly say that her daughter is uncomfortable. One scene in the montage contrasts Kenan Thompson as the father explicitly saying, "She wants to leave because your daughter's mean and your house smells weird." Thought this was an interesting connection to the section of Kitzinger and Frith (1999) that talks about "translating" and justifying refusals, including a reference to a Guardian article with the same premise as the SNL sketch.