Nonsense phrases
Why is "Now then," considered a normal thing to say? What sense does it make? When you ask people a question, why do they sometimes start their replies with "Yeah, no..."? What does that mean?
We shrinks know, of course, be we aren't telling.
We shrinks know, of course, be we aren't telling.
posted by Turbo at 2:07 PM
2 Comments:
nothing like a little phonological ambiguity to liven up a day of work!
moema
it has started reproducing memetically (word?) here in australia! I regard it as confirmation-answer: "Yeah, I understand what you're saying, but no, I haven't [done x]".
love your blog. just started reading it; most fun! thanks!
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