my british english teacher says that I use quite quite too much, even more than british do. and he is british. but i like the word too. somehow it is nicely round, both phonetically and in meaning. you can say something is quite something, and nobody can use what you have just said against you, because you've used the word quite. for example, if i say something is quite nice, nobody can really say if i meaned it or not. so i get what you mean, Maraia.