“I mean ...”
[I mean, that drives me up the wall!]
I would welcome these nuanced phrases from those around me, here at work. Agreed, that most in the article contain a thought that negates or makes unclear the thought after it (I want to say that your hair is nice), rather than just saying: your hair is nice.
However, all I hear at work is: “I’m all about getting it done”.. or “and I’m like, hey what are you doing, and he’s like, I’m cleaning the car, and then I’m like, but we have to go”...etc...
I would welcome a change...any change.
Let me be perfectly clear.......usually proceeds another 0bama lie.
“With all due respect ....”
Bless his heart. God love him. Ouch
The thoughts in this article are certainly pertinent but are one sided. When I tee-up a topic I am giving the person a chance to prepare to hear something I know they won’t like so they won’t react defensively without thinking. It acknowledges their feelings and their position from the get go and allows me to law out a counter-position with less confrontation. It also, in a different sort of conversation, expresses my remorse for being on the other side of an argument where the person is apparently expecting me to agree. Not remorse for what I believe but remorse that I am stepping apart by declaring my belief.
To be perfectly honest, and don’t take this the wrong way, but I don’t know any other way to say it ... I think you should post the non-mobile formatted version of this article.
Usually, everything that follows “clearly” is bullshit.....
Elizabeth: Don’t take this wrong, but I disagree.
(Elizabeth: If you take that correctly, you’ll understand that I merely have a different opinion than you. If you take it wrong, you may see it as a personal attack on your cognitive ability.)
“I’m not gonna lie...”
My pet peeve: “I don’t mean to interrupt, but ....” Yes, you do mean to interrupt or you wouldn’t be interrupting. “Sorry to interrupt” is the thing to say.
A bit of wisdom: If you start a sentence with the phrase ‘I really shouldn’t say this’, stop immediately and follow your own advice.
“Folks ...”
I don’t thing there was any insecurity in these verbal tee-ups:
Mat_11:15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Mar_4:9 And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Mar_4:23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Luk_8:8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Luk_14:35 It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
“That’s a great question!”
Means that the speaker is fomulating a confusing answer that appears to address the question but will, in post analyssis, reveal that he don’t know WTF he is talking about.
” It should be obvious to anyone that.......” (Or)
“ Anyone with half a brains knows......”
I dated a woman back in the late 80s who loved to say, “we need to talk.” I always got a chill, thinking the subject was going to be a dead rabbit, but it was just her b!tching about some minor thing that I’d done. I learned to hate the phrase for that reason, too.
Jim Hacker: "Don’t use that filthy language to me, Humphrey. I know what ‘with respect’ means in your jargon. It means you're about to suggest anything I suggest is beneath contempt." -- Yes, Minister