The man affected polite speech, but handled it awkwardly.

Another possible parodic target is the polite speech with which the English are usually credited.

We shook hands and made polite speeches all around and they went away.

No use expecting polite speech and middle-class behavior from this lot.

"Yes, thank you, she is very well," was the reply, a phrase of polite speech in a foreign language merely.

In polite speech, the aspect of kinship terminology is used when referring to oneself, the audience, or a third party.

The first person tôi is the only pronoun that can be used in polite speech.

For example, in sports, players learn to use keigo (formal, polite speech), respect and traditions.

Don't try to disguise an act of piracy with a polite speech!

Seddon shook his head, no doubt taking Lee's words for a commonplace of polite speech.