Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Phrases we use in conversation..

This post is about phrases that we use in conversation which you proberly don’t realise you say at all. Why do we say these things?


At the end of the day – at the end of what day, this day?

I am not being funny but..
– I think you actually are trying to be funny when you say your not.

They turned around and said – come on, did they really turn around, what if they were already facing you?

Top and bottom of it is – what top and what bottom, the conversation?

On the other hand – why the other hand? Is the opposite hand already holding the other opinion or situation?

It all boils down too – the situation boils?

To be fair – So if you didn’t say to be fair would you not being fair? I think when you say..to be fair you are actually not being fair at all.


When it's all said and done - this is obviously leading on to another sentence. STOP as you said..it's all said and done.

The fact of the matter is - Is there a fact in every matter?


Why do we add these phrases into out conversations, are they fillers to make out conversations more interesting. I think they are knitted into our language so well that we don’t even know we are saying them…and we all know what they mean and what people mean when they use these phrases. But why? I am going to try and restrain myself from using them in conversation, see how long i can last for.

3 comments:

Azin Kaikavoosi said...

To be fait Colette that's a fair point lol.
I love your blog, it makes you think about the simple things we do that you never really think about, does that make sense?

Its really funny. All your stressing has paid of lol.

xxxx

Azin Kaikavoosi said...

That was meant to say to be fair, i messed it up lol x

Colette said...

Haha thanks, the more i think of it the more i think of things to write about.

Thanks for the comment :)