Abstract
Israeli dugri [straight] speech is a culturally valorized way of speaking that privileges the mode of directness in social interaction. As a culturally inflected communication style it is analyzed with reference to Brown and Levinson's pragmatic theory of politeness strategies, which combines elements of Paul Grice's formulation of the logic of conversation with elements of Erving Goffman's analysis of facework. It is argued that a proper understanding of dugri speech as an interactional style requires attention to the meanings and values that provide cultural warrants for the routine violation of one's interlocutors' face wants in and through the performance of straight talk.
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