| There's a wake, I guess you'd call it, tonight. |
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I'd slightly differ about this one.
When you say 'an X, I guess you'd call it', it's as if you'd gone back and put inverted commas round the X.
You have Something in your mind. 'It's an X', you say. Then you think to yourself, hmm, is it really an X? Well, I suppose so, yes; at least, I can't think of any other word for it. At which point you add, 'at least, I guess you'd call it an X...'
For instance, a wake should consist of a vigil, plenty of liquor, and some rowdy singing. But perhaps here, it's a pale imitation of a wake: a few old ladies with a flask of tea. A 'wake', in fact.
(If anyone's still a-wake.)
MrP