The phrase "Having said that" driving me nuts
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The phrase "Having said that" driving me nuts
Has anyone noticed the phrase "That being said" or "That said" or "Having said that" proliferating internet forum posts worldwide and now I am hearing people say it on the radio and tv. Am I going nuts? This phrase was unheard of about a year ago. Is this like "groovy" was back in the sixties?
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I typically abstain from various sentence structures as those described herein. However, it is my prerogative to utilize these sentence structures, or variants thereof, at times when it suits the needs of the conversation. That being said, I have, on more than one occasion, perhaps even recently, utilized said prerogative to put forth the phrase 'having said that' or some variant of the form.
But I digress, I try not to sound to stupidly smart as it makes everyone look at the screen weirdly, and since I am not there to see the weirdly looks, I really cannot enjoy it.
But I digress, I try not to sound to stupidly smart as it makes everyone look at the screen weirdly, and since I am not there to see the weirdly looks, I really cannot enjoy it.
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thanks... I appreciate it. Since you're willing to do that, I'll award you these wonderful links:
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FIVE pages about pancakes? If only I'd joined sooner!
For the record:
I also prefer Aunt Jemima to "real maple syrop"... and I have access to the authentic stuff!
Butter is FAR superior to margarine in every important way.
HOMO milk (is that full-fat in the US?) is the way to go.. not that chalky water some call "skim".
After all the wrasslin' talk I found this mildly disturbing:
arborint wrote:Luckily Everah and I got married before our wives ever found out...