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Five Canned Phrases We Like to Say (But Make No Sense)

2022-03-10T06:23:22.763Z


"I say that, I say nothing", "we are not going to lie to each other"... These formulas may seem practical. They are, however, meaningless. Anthology.


They are irritating.

Hard to hear.

You will no doubt have noticed that we often punctuate our sentences with ready-made formulas.

To introduce a subject, mark a pause or occupy a silence.

They are practical, of course.

But come to think of it, they make no sense.

These idiomatic expressions only reinforce the idea that whoever says them... ultimately has nothing to say.

The editorial staff offers you an anthology of these linguistic crutches which constellate our conversations.

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● “I say that, I say nothing”

She is the first of the podium of expressions to be banned.

What is the meaning of a sentence that says one thing and its opposite?

In the realm of the absurd, this formula is queen!

Where does this linguistic mania come from?

It seems to have been borrowed from the cult film

"Les Bronzés"

.

It is used in all sauces to express its opinion (

“in a sarcastic way”

, specifies the Net surfer) without imposing its opinion.

Even if it means giving the lie to the adage

"it's not because you have nothing to say that you have to keep your mouth shut"

, the wisest thing still remains, if you are not sure of what the 'let's say... shut up.

● "Let's talk little, let's talk well"

The origin of this irritating formula is very old: it dates back to the 8th century!

It is heard at the beginning of a meeting or a conversation that can lead to decision-making.

It has the meaning:

"let's be brief/concise but effective"

.

Therefore, it seems appropriate to get rid of unnecessary flourishes and phrases to get straight to the point.

And ban, at the same time, this sentence!

● “Like a Monday”

You arrive at the office.

Politely, you ask your partner if he's okay.

And like every morning, he replies with that same crooked smile, sure of the comic effect he's going to produce:

"like a Monday!"

.

This little phrase, you hear it every time you meet him.

And each time, you promise yourself never to ask him the question again.

In addition to its automatic effect, this response has the gift of giving the drone.

It recalls the repetitive effect of working weeks and everyday life, identical day after day.

To eradicate definitively from its repertoire, therefore.

● "There's no need to say"

"There's no denying it, the holidays are really good"

.

Yes, there is nothing to say.

Perhaps even then it is necessary to say nothing at all.

We observe the same phenomenon in each of these ready-made expressions: they illuminate the emptiness of a subject.

The inopportune use of

“there is not to say”

at the beginning or the end of the sentence does not add any value to it, even weighs it down unnecessarily.

● “We are not going to lie to each other”

This phrase is so popular that for a time it was even the title of a talk show.

“We are not going to lie to each other”

has become a veritable tic of language, which fuses all the time.

"We are not going to lie to each other, this coffee is revolting"

,

"the film was bad, we are not going to lie to each other"

... This formula can mean

"we are not going to hide our faces"

or

"let's look at reality in front”

.

But its construction is clumsy and hollow.

In most cases, what we think seems true to us, it is obvious.

Especially when it comes to the mundane, like bad coffee or a mediocre movie.

Source: lefigaro

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