How words can mean different things in different places. This is from my African childhood.
‘Nothing is more deceitful,’ said Darcy, ‘than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.’
— Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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