merciful-evans Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Yes. I think Ceptorman's right. Habitual phrases that have become redundant by overuse. In the north of England is a phrase to precede a statement; " As it happens..." eg: As it happens the delivery never turned up. It should mean "it transpires that..." but again overuse has made it superfluous. Have not heard it for a while, but the one that used to bug me was the appendage "... do you know what I mean?" or "... do you know what I'm saying?". It usually got shortened to "d'gnome sane?". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 . . . post off topic on the forum. We all do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 45 minutes ago, merciful-evans said: Yes. I think Ceptorman's right. Habitual phrases that have become redundant by overuse. In the north of England is a phrase to precede a statement; " As it happens..." eg: As it happens the delivery never turned up. It should mean "it transpires that..." but again overuse has made it superfluous. Have not heard it for a while, but the one that used to bug me was the appendage "... do you know what I mean?" or "... do you know what I'm saying?". It usually got shortened to "d'gnome sane?". Quite a few phrases that bug me.....LIKE.....and TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU. I hate that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 14 hours ago, merciful-evans said: Yes. I think Ceptorman's right. Habitual phrases that have become redundant by overuse. In the north of England is a phrase to precede a statement; " As it happens..." eg: As it happens the delivery never turned up. It should mean "it transpires that..." but again overuse has made it superfluous. Have not heard it for a while, but the one that used to bug me was the appendage "... do you know what I mean?" or "... do you know what I'm saying?". It usually got shortened to "d'gnome sane?". That's pronounced ja-naaaart-ameen and is a sure sign of a complete moron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 To me, at least, it means there is something I shouldn't do, or don't want to do...but I'm going to do it anyway. if you look at all the examples given, that's pretty much the way the phrase is used. Distinguishing the difference from saying "I'm going to the store"; "I don't want to go, but I'm going to go ahead and go to the store." At least that's the way I use the phrase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 (edited) 20 hours ago, DanvillRob said: To me, at least, it means there is something I shouldn't do, or don't want to do...but I'm going to do it anyway. if you look at all the examples given, that's pretty much the way the phrase is used. Distinguishing the difference from saying "I'm going to the store"; "I don't want to go, but I'm going to go ahead and go to the store." At least that's the way I use the phrase. I'm pretty much only exposed to this in customer service settings where the person is doing what I have requested they do. If that's what it means I'll be hanging up and calling another company in future. Edited November 26, 2023 by Farnsbarns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I moved to southern Louisiana around 1982 and had an old Chevy 1/2 ton pickup with a full length ladder rack (front bumper to the rear) that was custom built. Me and a friend were doing construction sub-contracting and were totally new to the area. We were sitting in a bar one afternoon and a guy comes in the front door and yelled "Who's that blue truck for?" We looked at each other like he was speaking Russian. WTF did that mean? We eventually figured it out. He wanted to know who owned the blue truck, and later was asking about my custom rack. I learned to love Cajun slang and even married one... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 My pet peeve is when politicians are being interviewed and say "Let me be clear...." and then go off and around and never touch on any semblance of an answer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 37 minutes ago, fortyearspickn said: My pet peeve is when politicians are being interviewed and say "Let me be clear...." and then go off and around and never touch on any semblance of an answer. A politician dodging the issue and deflecting? Say it isn’t so. And now back to more taxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I worked with a guy who used to start everything he said with "Whaddyacallit." He'd be like "What do you call it, did you see the ladder?" "Whaddyacallit, I'm getting some coffee." "Whaddyacallit, see you tomorrow." We called him Whaddyacallit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 4 hours ago, badbluesplayer said: I worked with a guy who used to start everything he said with "Whaddyacallit." He'd be like "What do you call it, did you see the ladder?" "Whaddyacallit, I'm getting some coffee." "Whaddyacallit, see you tomorrow." We called him Whaddyacallit. bbp, "He'd be like...."? Did you mean " He'd say"? Just wondering. RBSinTo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) That movie is so funny. I loved when they kept moving the guys office around with the stapler. Edited November 27, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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