User blog comment:Silverfaust89/The Rise of the Bullworth Goths (35)/@comment-4675595-20120328165059

There's a lot of "said bluntly" in the last bit, but none of them really seem necessary? None of the characters say anything that they really need to be blunt about. "Welcome," "certainly," and "thanks" are all pretty straightforward in and of themselves.

The dialogue tag "said bluntly" would only be needed if, say, a character wore a questionable outfit, and another character told them, "Wow, you look awful." That is a blunt statement.

"Bluntly" probably isn't the word you're going for here, so I'd recommend poking around thesaurus.com or something to find the correct word to use. :>